Newscast – Tony Blair vs Labour?

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Today, Sir Tony Blair wrote a nearly 6,000-word essay on the Today program criticizing the Labor government for focusing more on politics than policy. Adam, Alex and Faisal discuss the arguments raised by the former Prime Minister, as well as how the two leadership contenders Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham (who still needs to fight and win a by-election if he wants to challenge Keir Starmer) have pushed back. And energy bills will rise by millions as Ofgem raises prices for the first time since the Iran war. The full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield By-Election is available on the BBC News website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrp1z8n4w2o You can now listen to the Newscast on your smart speaker. If you want to listen, say “Ask BBC Voice to play a news broadcast”. Works on most modern speakers. Join our Newscast online community here https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are released daily. If you’re in the UK, for more BBC news and current affairs podcasts, listen to BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the BBC’s current political news. The presenter was Adam Fleming. Miranda Slade worked with Schiller Mahmoudi. The social producer was Gabrielle Purcell-Davies. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The news editor is Sam Bonham.

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