Documents recording request from monarch to keep secret the will of a relative partly withdrawn from public viewStaff at Britain’s National Archives have censored documents that show how the late Queen Elizabeth II...
Read MoreArchives reveal confidential letters exchanged by prime minister and SDP leader that shed light on a Kremlin espionage rowA confidential exchange of letters, released after 30 years of government secrecy, between former prime...
Read MoreReport set out ‘radical measures’ to reduce numbers arriving, including setting up holding camps on Scottish island of MullSending asylum seekers to holding camps on the Scottish island of Mull and removing them to...
Read MoreGovernment papers released to National Archives show animosity between broadcaster and No 10 in early 2000sThe former No 10 spin doctor Alastair Campbell suggested setting lawyers on the BBC, while Tony Blair was warned to...
Read MoreReclusive billionaire twins notorious for use of tax havens met then prime minister Tony Blair in 1999The reclusive super-rich twins Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, who became notorious for their use of tax havens to manage...
Read MoreNational Archives papers show prime minister tried in vain to avoid inquiry over Peter Wright’s memoirsMargaret Thatcher was “utterly shattered” by the revelations in Spycatcher, the memoirs of the retired MI5...
Read MoreFormer prime minister had concerns about being seen to be too close to the Kosovo Liberation ArmyTony Blair was advised to work with militants in Kosovo, some of whom have subsequently been put on trial for war crimes, despite...
Read MoreNational Archives files show PM presented with shock resignation of incumbent less than month after failed Arnhem landingsAs well as directing Britain’s war effort, Winston Churchill had another seemingly crucial matter to...
Read MoreEnvoy urged No 10 to exploit opportunities presented by tycoon’s premiership while ‘holding our noses’, archives revealTony Blair sought to avoid unwelcome headlines suggesting he was “snuggling up”...
Read More‘I greatly admire the resolve you are showing,’ former PM said in handwritten note released to National ArchivesMargaret Thatcher privately praised Tony Blair over his support for the US after the 9/11 attacks,...
Read MoreLabour government received bid to relocate controversial London building before it was rebranded as the O2The “Swindon Dome” does have a ring to it. It has emerged Tony Blair’s government received a proposition...
Read MoreNotes from 2002 record John Reid saying there was a potential ‘coalition’ trying to frustrate peace process in Northern IrelandThe Northern Ireland secretary in mid-2002 told a cabinet meeting that “elements in...
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