The Latest Breaking News from Tony Blair

At South by Southwest London the big ideas, says Claudia Cockerell, were about curing the planet’s minds

COMMENT: The New Statesman’s new editor is a critical friend of the prime minister – very critical, as it turns out, writes John Rentoul (a former deputy editor of the magazine)

Britain facing cuts after chancellor doubled down on her manifesto pledge not to raise taxes to fund Labour’s spending plans

"It is like having another songwriter in the room with a huge reference frame," he said during a talk at SXSW London. The ABBA singer, who is president of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, previously warned of the “existential challenge” AI represents to music.

The participation of former British prime ministers Tony Blair and David Cameron were hidden from the public line-up of the inaugural edition of the festival SXSW London. This has prompted several artists to pull out and criticise the festival.

COMMENT: Editorial: New figures shared with The Independent show the extent to which families are relying on baby banks. The government’s plans to tackle child poverty should start immediately

Musician said that it is not the concert itself that he is ‘glad’ about, but the political outcome years later

Writer and political commentator described the prime minister as ‘terrible at politics’ compared to Nigel Farage

Edi Rama, who has just secured his fourth term as prime minister of Albania, warned Europe had been ‘sleepwalking’