TONY BENN, the Labour politician who has died aged 88, was in his heyday a divisive and mistrusted figure. He was reviled on the Right, standing in the eyes of many Tory voters as the embodiment ...

The death of Tony Benn is devastating to me, obviously to his family and to millions all around Britain and the world who recognised him as a friend, an honest man, and someone who passionately ...

In a piece originally published in the New Statesman on 31 March 1961, Tony Benn explains the decision to renounce his peerage. Labour should completely reject the coalition's proposals. Veteran ...

Politicians from all parties have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to Tony Benn, who has died at home at the age of 88. 14 March 2014 • 7:51am Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, and David Cameron ...

Former Labour MP Tony Benn will visit Baghdad next week in a bid to meet Saddam Hussein. The veteran left-winger met the dictator in 1990 in a bid to avert the last Gulf War. Iraqi deputy minister ...

Veteran politician Tony Benn has died at home surrounded by his family. He was 88. The former cabinet minister and formidable left-wing campaigner had been seriously ill. He first entered ...

Benn was born and raised in London, to parents Tony and Caroline Benn. His father was a prominent Labour MP on the left of the party who served in the cabinets of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan.

Editor's note: Tony Benn's death was announced this morning. He was 88. I HAVE no special anecdote about the former Labour MP and Cabinet minister, Tony Benn, who is, as I write, still alive ...

Tony Benn was a great champion of working people. Loved seemingly universally, it troubled him in later life that he could be well regarded by the Sunday Telegraph. "If I'm a national treasure in the ...