Harold Wilson’s most famous quote was that “a week is a long time in politics”.As with a lot of what Wilson said, you soon realise that it didn’t actually mean anything and that it was an ...

The idea of a wealth tax has raised its head - yet again - as the government attempts to balance its books. Downing Street ...

On paper, Harold Wilson and Queen Elizabeth II could not have come from more different walks of life. Wilson was a proud Yorkshireman from Huddersfield born into a lower middle-class family.

Harold Wilson’s links to the Nigerian civil war could be presented by a museum in his hometown, following fears that the race relations pioneer would be condemned by Black Lives Matter. The ...

Joe Haines, political journalist and press secretary to former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, has died aged 97, A Labour spokesman has confirmed. Haines joined Wilson's Downing Street ...

Harold Wilson's former press secretary and former Mirror editor Joe Haines has died at the age of 97, the Labour Party has said.. The "lifelong Labour supporter" passed away at his home in ...

Harold Wilson’s former press secretary Joe Haines dies aged 97 - ‘Lifelong Labour supporter’ Mr Haines died at his home in Tunbridge Wells on Wednesday, the party confirmed.