Home Sir Tony Blair, the former Labour prime minister, said in a 5,700-word essay: ‘The Labour party is playing with fire; or, more accurately, with its future, and that of the country.’ He said the party shouldn’t choose a new leader before deciding policy. In the first part of his government-commissioned report into economic inactivity

Intervention by former PM feels almost designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his party

The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister issues a scathing indictment of Starmer’s government – and warns that the UK cannot even discuss rejoining the EU…

Editorial: In an extraordinary intervention, the most successful leader in the party’s history says it is only by embracing the ‘radical centre’ that either the party or the…

In an astonishing attack, former Labour PM Tony Blair said his own party had an 'almost infinite capacity for self delusion' as he accused the Government of having no coherent plan

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair intervened on Wednesday in the Labour Party's internal crisis with an essay of more than 5,600 words published on the website of his…

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Tony Blair has said that Keir Starmer should have immediately dropped manifesto pledges which have "undermined business confidence".

Former PM Tony Blair's 5,000-word essay laid into Labour at a time where the party is contesting a heated by-election that could decide the party's immediate future

Tony Blair has accused Starmer, Burnham and Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk amid leadership speculation

The former Labour premier, who led the country between 1997 and 2007, has delivered a damning assessment of the current state of his party.

The former Labour premier, who led the country between 1997 and 2007, has delivered a damning assessment of the current state of his party.

Andy Burnham has been described as Labour’s ‘king over the water’ who could save us from the turgid decline of Starmer’s premiership, but there is another candidate for that…

Sir Tony’s more than 5,000 word essay included a 10-point plan to return to the ‘radical centre’ and win a second term in government

Former PM urges party to take a step back and ‘analyse the world’ amid speculation over Keir Starmer’s leadership

The intervention by the former prime minister comes just weeks before a key by-election that could determine Labour’s future.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has lashed out at the current Labour leadership, accusing it of having no coherent plan in a brutal 5,700 word essay which sparked a fierce…

Home Sir Tony Blair, the former Labour prime minister, said in a 5,700-word essay: ‘The Labour party is playing with fire; or, more accurately, with its future, and that of the…

Intervention by former prime minister almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his party

LONDON: Tony Blair, who led Labour to victory in three UK elections, called on the party on Tuesday to shun the temptation to move left or reverse Brexit to shore up its fortunes,…

Sir Tony Blair has entered Labour’s civil war - and his message is brutal: changing the leader means nothing if the party still has no real plan for Britain.