Tony Blair

Mr Reid was best known as the long-time political editor of UTV.

The Chancellor added that she would love to be able to call up the late Alistair Darling – the last Labour chancellor to deliver a Budget.

He said he would cut the foreign aid budget and raise defence spending to 3% of GDP if he leads the Tories back to government.

Just months after securing a crushing majority, it already feels like the wheels are coming off Labour’s wagon

Former Labour prime minister Sir Tony Blair contrasted the optimism of his first election victory with the ‘very different’ mood in the country now.

Tony Blair’s former spokesperson says young politicians are quitting in their 30s and 40s because of the way they are treated.

Newly released government files show Labour aides advised there was nothing to gain from an election head-to-head.

Papers from 1999 show the then prime minister’s exasperation at the failure to curb the numbers entering the UK.

Newly-released files show officials argued a dedicated bus could be a more efficient way of supporting the PM on regional visits.

Papers released by the National Archives show the the exasperation of western allies at the mounting Palestinian death toll in 2002.