Tony Blair has attacked the abolition of Britain's overseas aid department as part of a sweeping critique of Labour's direction in government, warning that the UK has surrendered influence around the world it spent decades building.
In an essay published by his eponymous Tony Blair Institute, the former prime minister argued that the disbanding of the Department for International Development – folded into the Foreign Office under Boris Johnson in 2020 – has left Britain diminished, alongside the cooling of its alliance with Washington and its loss of influence in Europe.
