The Latest Breaking News from Tony Blair

He was brilliant in his day, but the former leader’s hope to return as adviser to a Labour government must be a nonstarter, says Neal Lawson, director of Compass

‘People often say over Iraq or Afghanistan that I took the wrong decision but you’ve got to do what you think is right,’ the 68-year-old said.

Tony Blair once told me that he could announce the invasion of France any time he liked, just so long as he revealed the intention in a speech entitled The Skills Challenge. Serious government policy has become a bit like that these days. In the maelstrom of who attended which…

As the Tory party reverts to type, Labour should draw on its own rich heritage to do the job of ‘renewing common life’, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman

Analysis: The PM is losing advisers at an alarming speed, reversing a tradition of being bound by a common cause

Former party leaders Gordon Brown and Tony Blair speak at funeral of Birmingham MP after death aged 73

MPs across the political spectrum flocked to St Margarert's Church in Westminster to pay their final respects. Former PM Gordon Brown gave a eulogy and Sir Tony Blair gave a reading

Sir Tony Blair and Sir Keir Starmer were among political figures who attended his funeral service at St Margaret’s Church in Westminster

Sir Tony Blair and Sir Keir Starmer were among political figures who attended his funeral service at St Margaret’s Church in Westminster.