Joe Haines, political journalist and press secretary to former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the 1960s and 1970s, has died aged 97, a Labour spokesman has confirmed.

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Joe Haines, Harold Wilson’s former press secretary ... Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and Tony Blair adviser ...

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and Tony Blair adviser Alastair Campbell were among those paying tribute. A Labour Party spokesman said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe ...

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and Tony Blair adviser Alastair Campbell ... who served as press secretary to Harold Wilson, died today at his home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.