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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Caitlin Doherty

Harold Wilson’s former press secretary Joe Haines dies aged 97

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 confirmed.

He served two spells as press secretary to the then-Labour prime minister Mr Wilson in the late 1960s and mid-1970s.

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