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  • Top private school faces job cuts after Reeves’ tax grab

    Politics

    A prestigious private school has said it may be forced to make job cuts due to the Labour government’s removal of VAT exemption on school fees. Edinburgh-based Fettes College – where former Prime Minister Tony Blair is among alumni – has said the introduction of VAT on school fees contributed to the “difficult” decision to [...]

  • AI and digitally-enabled healthcare could be revolutionary – but what about the fine print?

    Opinion

    AI and digital technology hold transformative potential for healthcare, but to fully realise their benefits, we must address public concerns around trust, misinformation, and regulation while ensuring the human element of care remains central, says Heather Smith As Sir Tony Blair said this week, there is enormous potential for digital and AI technology to reshape [...]

  • Labour exploring plans for ‘Britcard’ digital ID to curb illegal migration

    Politics

    Labour is exploring a new national, universal digital ID card for every adult in the UK to tackle illegal migration. The ID is being tentatively branded as ‘Britcard’, and could be downloaded onto a smartphone in the shape of a “free verifier app”.  Plans for the digital ID were laid out in detail by the [...]

  • Luton Airport appoints former Labour cabinet minister as new chair

    May 5, 2025

    Luton Airport has appointed former Labour cabinet minister and peer Lord John Hutton as chair as it presses ahead with plans to significantly expand capacity. Lord Hutton served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s cabinets as Secretary of State for Defence, Business and in the Department for Work and Pensions, where he led initiatives [...]

  • Solar panels must be fitted on all new homes from 2027 in net zero push 

    May 1, 2025

    New rules will mandate that housebuilders fit solar panels on the roofs of almost every new-build home from 2027, in a move slammed as an “ideological crusade”.  According to a report in The Times, the policy change would add around £3,300 to the cost of building a semi-detached or terraced house, with a £4,000 premium [...]

  • Tony Blair calls for Net Zero ‘reset’ in break with Miliband

    April 30, 2025

    Sir Tony Blair has called for a reset of “irrational” Net Zero plans, with an extended critique of the current state of the climate debate that has been seen as a direct rebuke to the energy secretary Ed Miliband.  Blair, the last Labour leader to win an election before Sir Keir Starmer, cautioned in a [...]

  • Tony Blair is right to call for ‘reset’ of ludicrous Net Zero debate

    April 30, 2025

    If energy secretary Ed Miliband still believes that critics of his dash to Net Zero are peddlers of “nonsense and lies” he has a new name to add to his list of dangerous misinformation merchants: Tony Blair. I do appreciate that some people believe that his name belongs on exactly that kind of list, but [...]

  • Jimmy Carter: King Charles and PM honour former US president after his death aged 100

    December 30, 2024

    Sir Keir Starmer has led a host of tributes to former US president Jimmy Carter, saying he “redefined the post-presidency with a remarkable commitment to social justice and human rights at home and abroad”. The Prime Minister said Mr Carter, who died aged 100, will be remembered for the Camp David Accords between Israel and [...]

  • Political deaths in 2024: The well-known names we lost in the last year

    December 30, 2024

    Whether a former deputy Prime Minister infamous for throwing a punch, to a Scottish independence campaigner and former First Minister, 2024 saw the deaths of several political heavyweights. As the year draws to a close, we look back at the lives of some well-known Westminster names who have died over the past 12 months. Derek [...]

  • The Capitalist: King tickles Starmer, a French misstep and Blair’s good advice

    December 5, 2024

    It’s the way he tells them To the ancient Guildhall in the heart of the City at the start of this week, where the new Lord Mayor Alastair King welcomed Sir Keir Starmer for the PM’s traditional foreign policy speech. The banquet is always a grand affair; white tie, no less, with judges, ambassadors, City [...]

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