You do not need to cut schools and hospitals to pay for defence. To suggest so is disingenuous. Politics is about taking difficult decisions but some are easier than others. Nearly 1,000 people a day are signing on to health and disability benefits that, for many, will make their lives worse. Before the pandemic, 2.8 million working-age people claimed these benefits. It’s now 4.5 million. Through secondary legislation, government could pull an emergency handbrake on welfare spending today, reducing the bill (and investing in support that actually helps people) and ultimately freeing up resources for what should be its number one priority: keeping our country safe.

Britain can become Europe’s Silicon Valley – but only if political leaders are prepared to seize the opportunity and grip technology for economic growth. Read more from TBI's @KeeganMcB 👇 independent.co.uk/voices/bri…

Yesterday, I received a delegation from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (@institutegc) and the IOTA Foundation, led by TBI Nigeria Country Director, Obianuju Uchenna and Senior Advisor Alban Odhiambo. We discussed streamlining cross-border trade through ADAPT (Africa Digital Access and Public Infrastructure for Trade) - a strategic initiative by the @afcftasecretariat to operationalize the Protocol on Digital Trade. This critical infrastructure will lower trade costs, accelerate customs clearance, and unlock new markets for Nigerian businesses. #WeMove🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🌍🎯 #HMIndustryTradeInvestment #FMITI

Come join us for a TBI x ARIA x Cafe event at London tech week. We'll be discussing how the UK can build national winners and capture the value of the tech revolution -- with an all star panel including ARIA, NSSIF, Oxford Quantum Circuits, and Local Globe!

The debate is not about Labour's mission. But how to achieve it in a fast-changing world. observer.co.uk/news/opinion-…

Labour’s mission hasn’t changed but how we achieve it in 2026 has. This for me captures the @InstituteGC essay brilliantly and it’s why a battle of ideas is critical. It runs through TB’s follow-up in today’s @ObserverUK. 👇

“The reason I think we’re living through a technological revolution led by AI is not because my institute has been bought off by tech bros but because I’m studying what’s happening and it’s blowing my mind” - Tony Blair hits back in @observeruk observer.co.uk/news/opinion-…

Britain cannot afford to write off a generation of young people. The current system waits until young people have already fallen through the cracks before offering support. By then, the consequences are often long-lasting. Prevention, not crisis management, must become the organising principle of policy. Read more: bit.ly/4nYKZxZ

“You’re trading off the mental health of young people, versus… driving small, short-term economic gain” The Tony Blair Institute’s Laura Gilbert says governments “should step in” on chatbots, and says there is a lack of “genuine evidence” for the impact of AI therapists #bbcqt

Absolute dream come true to be on the BBC talking about AI. Thank you so much to the Question Time team for the experience, this is a subject very close to ny heart.

The last 24hrs have seen two powerful interventions from Tony Blair and Alan Milburn. Does Labour have a talent problem? First off, contrary to lazy criticism, both Alan and TB are contemporary figures. They study how the world is changing and respond to it accordingly (this is what new Labour is - not a set of policies). We are not seeing the greatest hits of the 90s - another lazy criticism. TB has set out a national purpose and an economic project, while Milburn has brought a powerful moral mission to that. Together they are compelling and motivating, and show what politics could do if it looks outwards and leads. But there is a legit question: why isn’t it coming from anyone who didn’t serve in the last Labour govt? I can speak first hand about the TB piece. It is built on many conversations with innovators, business leaders, trade unionists, civic society and - as TB mentioned on the newsagents podcast - members of the PLP. There is incredible talent there. The same also rings true with Alan’s project. We don’t have a talent problem in progressive politics. We just need to unlock it and give that talent direction. I think the last two days will prove formative in that and Britain will be better off for it.

Tony Blair says he is “anxious” and “pessimistic” about Labour's future. "There’s no point in deciding who leads the country on the basis of personality unless you understand our purpose in governing". @jonsopel

Keir Starmer should rip up Ed Miliband’s “unnecessary” net zero agenda, Tony Blair tells #TimesRadio. “It’s not that I'm a climate denier, but it's just coming to terms with this reality.” @CalumAM

"If we carry on like this... we're going to create a situation where economically we're not able to grow." Sir Tony Blair says the current welfare and pension triple-lock policies are 'not affordable', and argues for change in the NHS.

Britain has huge strengths, highly talented people and a residual respect in the world. But we must show we understand how that world is changing and what our place in it should be. That requires a fundamental change in our current politics. Our aim for the long term should be a Reimagined State in which taxes and spending can be lower, productivity higher and government seen as enabling not directing. Read Tony Blair's essay 👇