Sadly, this taxing Reeves Budget does nothing for business or growth Labour has no ministers with any business experience and appear deaf and unsympathetic to what is required for growth. Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025
This is modern Britain – where a princess pleading for children’s rights seems almost radical It is uncomfortable to watch royals appealing to the nation’s best instincts while an elected government feels compelled to chase our worst, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025
Pioneering restaurateur Soren Jessen: I feel like we work for Rachel Reeves from Monday to Thursday After 31 years in the business, the government is making it feel like standing in a room with the water rising, says Soren Jessen Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2025
How can Labour see off Reform? Both Andy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood offer clues A moral crusade won’t work. To defeat Faragism, Labour must revive a vision of social cohesion and collective responsibility, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2025
Tony Blair’s think tank joins calls for £300 cut in energy prices ahead of Budget A report by the Energy Crisis Commission has called for next week’s Budget to include details on how the government will reduce the gap between electricity and gas prices The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025
Half of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25s Exclusive: David Blunkett warns Keir Starmer Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming ‘lost generation’ on his watch The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2025
Starmer’s shambles in No 10 risks handing power to Farage, Alastair Campbell warns Intervention by Tony Blair’s former director of communications comes as the PM is under pressure to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025
How would a Labour leadership challenge work and how safe is Starmer? Briefings at top of government have sparked fresh questions about PM’s position and potential successors The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025
How Rachel Reeves can ‘break Britain’s tax-and-spend doom loop’ as Budget looms A report from the Tony Blair Institute has called on the chancellor to ‘bring businesses back onside’ The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025
Budget tax rises must be temporary and coupled with pro-business plan, TBI says Sir Tony Blair’s think tank urged the Government to ‘move beyond the caution’ of its first year in office. The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025
Reeves must slash tax again before next election if she breaks manifesto pledge, Tony Blair think tank warns Labour chancellor told any tax hikes must be temporary in a bid to break Britain’s ‘tax-and-spend doom loop’ The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025
The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025
How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right For 20 years, populists have been blaming the ECHR for endangering Britain by offering basic protections to immigrants, says author Daniel Trilling The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025
‘History won’t forgive us’ if UK falls behind in quantum computing race, says Tony Blair Exclusive: Former PM and ex-Tory leader William Hague warn UK lacks high-risk capital and infrastructure to harness benefits of powerful technology The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2025 Afternoon Update: net zero divide heaps pressure on Ley; rugby league concussion furore; and the teen who escaped the manosphere Opposition leader urged to call special Liberal party room meeting this week
The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2025 Morning Mail: ATO’s $42m debt collector contracts; teacher shortages bite; inside the nitazenes threat ATO reliance on private debt collector revealed; remote and disadvantaged schools suffering teacher shortages; death toll rising from nitazenes drug use
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025 Ministers can raise taxes if they come out fighting. But no one in this cowardly Labour government seems able Ahead of the budget, Rachel Reeves should be out making her arguments. Instead, there is silence – and a huge opportunity for Labour’s opponents, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025 Tony Blair ‘has a contribution to make’ to Trump’s Gaza peace deal, UK’s Middle East minister says Exclusive: Hamish Falconer has spoken to The Independent on Gaza and why cutting international aid has not made the migrant crisis worse
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025 Rebuilding devastated Gaza after two years of war is a monumental task. Who is going to pay for it? Donald Trump has declared peace in the Middle East and secured a fragile ceasefire. What happens next is not so clear, James C. Reynolds reports
Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025 Tony Blair Institute urges shift in focus from clean to cheaper power by 2030 A paper by the former Labour PM’s think tank is the latest intervention in an increasingly fractious energy debate.
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025 Inside the Israel-backed militias, rival clans and Hamas factions battling for power in Gaza IN DEPTH: Anti-Hamas armed groups are now stationed behind Israeli lines in Gaza while clashes between Hamas and other clans rage on, as militants fight over control of the destroyed strip. Bel Trew speaks to some of the actors involved to find out how we got here
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2025 Ukraine cannot win against Russia, warns British Field Marshal WORLD OF TROUBLE: Field Marshal Lord Richards tells The Independent’s Sam Kiley that Ukraine has been given false hope by its Western allies and cannot triumph against Russia unless Nato forces join fight
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2025 Egypt expected to lead global stabilisation force in Gaza, say diplomats Decommissioning Hamas weapons seen as major stumbling block, with British diplomats advising on process
Euronews · Oct 18, 2025 Could Gaza’s ceasefire process draw lessons from Northern Ireland’s path to peace? 'If there was a broad lesson from the success of Northern Ireland, it’s that an inclusive process worked – and I mean inclusive in the full sense, all different parties, even including militants,' Peter McLoughlin.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025 China spying case: dream job turns into nightmare for DPP Stephen Parkinson Having long desired to lead the CPS, Parkinson now finds himself at the heart of a political row over the collapsed case