Joe Haines, press secretary to former prime minister Harold Wilson ... hit the headlines after he revealed that Mr Wilson had an extramarital affair during his second term as Prime Minister.

Lord Donoughue said Haines had told him about the affair during Wilson's premiership ... the job he did in two separate periods for Harold Wilson. "He was a superb tabloid writer, and had a ...

Joe Haines, Harold Wilson’s former press secretary ... Mr Haines claimed that Mr Wilson had confessed to an affair with his deputy press secretary, Janet Hewlett-Davies, during his final ...

Joe Haines, Harold Wilson’s former press secretary, has died aged 97, the Labour Party said. “Lifelong Labour supporter” Mr Haines died at his home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on Wednesday, the party ...

Joe Haines, political journalist and press secretary to former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the 1960s and 1970s, ...

Last year, aged 96, Joe made the headlines yet again with his claims that Wilson had an affair with his deputy ... More importantly, Harold Wilson owed him a lot too, and the country benefited ...

A Labour Party spokesman said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Haines, who served as press secretary to Harold ... that Mr Wilson had confessed to an affair with his deputy ...

“Lifelong Labour supporter” Mr Haines died at his home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on Wednesday, the party confirmed. He served two spells as press secretary to the then-Labour prime minister Mr ...