Labour grandee was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1964 until his retirement from the Commons in 1997

Labour politician and former deputy leader Roy Hattersley spent 33 years as an MP and was made a life peer when he left the Commons

Labour grandee was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1964 until his retirement from the Commons in 1997

Former Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley has died at the age of 93.

Keir Starmer led the tributes to party’s former deputy leader

Sir Keir Starmer has led tributes, describing Roy Hattersley as a “giant of the Labour movement”

Roy Hattersley never held high Cabinet rank, nor did he come close to leading Labour, the party he served in Parliament for more than 50 years. He had neither charisma nor…

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