Potential leadership candidates join senior figures in saying the former PM’s essay does not address today’s challenges Wes Streeting: Blair wants to leave our future to the markets Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham have criticised Tony Blair’s “striking weakness” in failing to engage with inequality, as senior party figures hit back at the former prime minister’s castigation of the Labour party. Blair has published a lengthy critique of Labour’s time in office under Keir Starmer, arguing for the government to crack down on welfare spending, abandon restrictions on oil and gas production, and smooth relations with Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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