In 1997, the Labour Party had been out of power for longer than it has been now - 18 years - and it was quite a turnaround when Labour, under the leadership of the youthful Tony Blair, won the May ...

Lord Sawyer, who has died aged 82, was, as chairman and later general secretary of the Labour Party, one of the architects of ...

A minister has downplayed the growing Labour rebellion over the government’s welfare cuts by comparing it to the backlash Tony Blair faced back in 1997.

Prime Minister Tony Blair took office in 1997, and served for a decade. He is a major player in the final season of The Crown, as Blair (played by Bertie Carvel) tries to modernize the monarchy as ...

Tony Blair was elected prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1997. Since leaving office in 2007, he has served as the Quartet Representative to the Middle East and founded the Tony Blair Faith ...

Rishi Sunak’s election announcement was drowned out by the sound of Tony Blair’s 1997 general election soundtrack Things Can Only Get Better, by D:Ream. The prime minister’s announcement outside ...

So it was quite a turnaround when Labour, under the leadership of the youthful Tony Blair, won the May 1, 1997 general election by a landslide.

The last time the Labour Party came to power was in 1997, when the youthful Tony Blair led his party to a landslide victory after it had been in opposition for 18 years.

The last time the Labour Party came to power was in 1997, when the youthful Tony Blair led his party to a landslide victory after it had been in opposition for 18 years.