From rescuing an MP from a suspected ‘KGB agent’ to MPs’ demands for peerages, stories from former chief whip Simon Hart’s diaries have drawn attention
At this year’s Arc conference, a new American export was on full display: ideological finger-wagging in Europe’s direction
Party had brought in a new constitution declaring its 200,000 members were now in control
Exclusive: As chancellor scans budget for savings, Simon McDonald says need for humanitarian spending is ‘greater than ever’
Josie Stewart won an employment tribunal case against the government for unfair dismissal, after she leaked information in the public interest
US president loses grip on reality, while delegates at a rightwing conference in London remain cocooned from real world
Press secretary to Harold Wilson in the late 60s and 70s who went on to work for the Daily Mirror
Diana Johnson defends Labour’s knife crime plan amid crisis in prison capacity in England and Wales
Haines worked closely with Labour PM for two spells in 1960s and 70s and was also a respected political journalist
Tickets to hear former prime minister speak in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall cost up to £160 on top of meet-and-greet