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.

The Labour leader is looking to the examples set by Tony Blair and Harold Wilson in drawing a line under his party’s recent past. The fact Jeremy Corbyn spoke to a Communist spy posing as a ...

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 ...

Joe Haines, Harold Wilson’s former press secretary ... Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and Tony Blair adviser Alastair Campbell were among those paying tribute.

1442 That's all for our coverage of Tony Blair's second appearance before the Iraq inquiry. The committee will reconvene next week and still has to hear from Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell as ...