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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Streeting and Burnham accuse Blair of failing to confront inequality in Labour criticism

Tony Blair at the BBC on Wednesday morning.
Tony Blair at the BBC on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Tayfun Salci

Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham have criticised Tony Blair’s “striking weakness” in failing to engage with inequality, as senior party figures hit back at the former prime minister’s castigation of the Labour party.

Blair has published a lengthy critique of Labour’s time in office under Keir Starmer, arguing for the government to crack down on welfare spending, abandon restrictions on oil and gas production, and smooth relations with Donald Trump.

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