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What does the Tony Blair Institute actually do?
Spreading its neoliberal ‘reform’ mission around the world, the institute has been raking in the cash working for any government that pays — now it’s looking at Britain, warns SOLOMON HUGHES

THE latest accounts for the Tony Blair Institute show that the consultancy run by the former prime minister saw its income surge by 49 per cent to $121 million last year.
The institute made most of this money by advising foreign governments, including repressive Arab kingdoms.
Blair has cashed in on his political influence working for other nations but clearly wishes he could be involved again with running a British government.
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