FORMER chancellor Alistair Darling has declared he is too old to run the Labour Party, as another senior Scottish figure said the party north of the Border needed a "new p

The tunes of the past that used to inspire the Labour Party were heard again yesterday as the Chancellor Alistair Darling faced calls for the Government to impose a ceiling on fuel prices, slap a windfall tax on the energy companies, and even to nationalise them.

Alistair Darling has revealed his frustration at the collapse in Labour morale under Gordon Brown, accusing his party – from the prime minister down – of handing power to the Tories without a fight. On the eve of what many MPs believe could be Labour's final conference as a governing party for a decade, the normally restrained chancellor delivers a stinging rebuke to the entire La...

Labour's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling's speech to the 2009 Labour Party Annual Conference: Within months, the country faces a big choice. A choice not just about who’s in Government, but about the values that will shape our country and the opportunities for our people. A choice that will affect every area of our lives, every aspect of our future. If we didn’t...

Chancellor Alistair Darling has set out the stall for more interventionist government in his speech to the Labour party conference.

Alistair Darling has emerged as a surprise contender to become Labour's caretaker leader if the party is soundly defeated on Thursday.

Alistair Darling the Chancellor will give details of new rules to curb bankers' bonuses at the Labour Party conference to end what he calls "greed and recklessness" in the financial system.

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling was forced to admit that Labour has dropped its controversial proposals for a "death tax", during the first of the pre-election television

I can now state with certainty, and from nore than one source, that Chancellor Alistair Darling is considering the imposition of a windfall tax on energy companies. The political attractions to a beleaguered government are obvious and on tonight's Newsnight, a Labour PPS will call for a tax to be imposed. But the government is said to be wary on three fronts: first, there are the technical argumen...

Alistair Darling MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said: This may well be the last time I’ll make a speech from this platform. I am not sure who is more relieved. You who have been forced to listen to me over the last few years. Or me, who has gone through the anxiety of preparing year after year for these moments. Forget Budgets, PBRs, the Lord ...