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Burnham and Streeting accuse Blair of ignoring inequality as they hit back at ex-PM
Burnham and Streeting said Blair’s essay ignores inequality, as the former prime minister urged Labour to drop a personality contest and rethink policy.
- On Wednesday, Sir Tony Blair published a 5,700-word essay urging Labour to champion the 'radical centre' and avoid a 'personality contest' without first deciding on its policy direction.
- Criticizing existing net zero targets and welfare spending, Blair argued current policies risk outpacing defence expenditures, preventing economic growth if large incapacity benefit increases continue.
- Labour politicians Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting criticized the intervention for failing to address inequality, with Streeting arguing the 'striking weakness at the heart of Sir Tony Blair's intervention' is the lack of mention of inequality.
- Burnham argued the essay fails to understand that people are struggling to afford basic necessities, adding 'People don't think the centre has delivered for them in terms of their lives, therefore, they've gone further to the extremes.'
- Treasury ministers rejected calls to curb the Triple Lock, while debate persists over whether Blair's focus on New Labour-era battles remains relevant to Britain's current economic realities.
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Andy Burnham has hit back at Tony Blair in writing with a Times piece. His main arguments: Agrees with Blair on “the vital need for higher economic growth as the enabler of greater social justice,” that Labour should focus on “domestic issues, and fixing our own underlying problems, rather than on re-running divisive arguments about…
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perspectivemedia.comAndy Burnham accuses Sir Tony Blair of failing to understand modern politics
Andy Burnham has hit back at Sir Tony Blair, accusing him of failing to understand modern politics, after the former prime minister launched a scathing attack on Labour’s policy agenda.
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right4Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left, 37% Center
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- 38% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
38% Left
L 38%
C 37%
R 25%
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