Civil service headcount hits 550,000 - the highest since Tony Blair was PM - despite Labour's vow to squeeze numbers
The workforce grew by 2,000 in the first three months of this year to 550,000 people, according to official figures.
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Robo-doc will see you now: Tony Blair backs AI medics and nurses as he brands civil service 'a conspiracy of inertia' that 'suffocates' innovation
The former prime minister claimed AI could have an 'absolutely transformative' impact on public services by making them better, cheaper and more efficient.
18 days ago
Ed Miliband attacks 'defeatist' Tony Blair after ex-PM warned Labour's Net Zero is 'doomed to fail'
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In a high-profile intervention last month, Mr Blair savaged the Government's obsession with Net Zero, saying voters were being asked to make 'financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle'.
‘All of us felt like we had touched gold’: What It Feels Like for a Girl, the BBC’s electric coming-of-age tale
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Paris Lees has turned her hit memoir of growing up as a working-class trans kid into a vivid, joyful drama. Its team talks teenage sex work, nostalgia for Tony Blair, and why TV drama is so posh it’s…
29 days ago
Half of British adults should be able to get their hands on fat jabs through the post, says Tony Blair
Researchers at the Tony Blair Institute have called for the eligibility criteria for the drugs to 'drastically lowered', making them available to people who are overweight but not yet obese.
41 days ago
How ‘out of touch’ Tony Blair became a serious threat to climate action
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Even before his call for a net zero ‘reset’, there had been criticism of ex-PM’s lucrative links with fossil fuel nations
From the lush gardens of the Four Seasons luxury hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh, ami…
42 days ago
Welsh Labour leader launches broadside at Starmer amid panic over Reform threat in Senedd elections - as Tony Blair warns party is doomed if it just 'manages the status quo'
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Baroness Morgan will use a speech marking a year until Senedd elections that she 'will not stay silent' when the PM makes 'decisions that we think will harm Welsh communities'.
43 days ago
First Tony Blair and now David Blunkett: Ex-home secretary becomes the latest Labour grandee to warn against Keir Starmer's Net Zero push
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The former home secretary said a failure to reduce energy prices in Britain would see Labour's green policies become 'electorally toxic'.
48 days ago
It’s the anti net-zero, anti-woke Tony Blair – how was this man ever considered a progressive? | Zoe Williams
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The former PM has form when it comes to pushing corporate interests and meeting populists halfway
When Tony Blair came out this week to say current net zero policies were “doomed to fail”, there was s…
Climate experts and politicians round on Tony Blair for ‘wrong message’
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Former Labour PM accused of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform after saying net zero strategy faltering
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Climate experts and politicians have criticised Tony…