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Peter Hain

April 2024

  • Lord Peter Hain, ex Labour cabinet minister and anti-apartheid demonstrator, poses by the statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square on December 2nd 2019 in London

    Peter Hain calls for inquiry into MoD’s alleged role in Saudi bribes scandal

    Government auditors must look into claims of complicity in corruption on arms deals with UK, says Labour peer

March 2024

  • A black and white photograph of a demonstration against apartheid, with men linking arms and carrying a banner

    ‘An appalling direction’: UK activists criticise plans to redefine extremism

    Veteran campaigners across political spectrum believe broader redefinition could silence non-majority opinions

February 2024

  • Sir Keir Starmer

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    SNP welcomes Labour call for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’ in Gaza, claiming it forced Starmer into U-turn – as it happened

    Stephen Flynn says decision by Labour is ‘long-overdue’ and Starmer was forced into position by public pressure and the SNP

January 2024

  • People looking through rubble

    West ‘colluding in terrible failure’ in Gaza, warns Peter Hain

    Labour peer and former Middle East minister says Hamas will have to be included in future governance of Gaza

May 2023

  • Lord Hain

    Former minister urges UK to back international anti-corruption court

    Lord Hain is seeking amendments to economic crime bill requiring ministers to back establishment of new court

April 2023

  • From left to right, Martin McGuinness, Peter Hain, Ian Paisley, Tony Blair and the then Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern at Stormont in 2007.

    A lesson from the Good Friday agreement to resolve the doctors’ pay dispute

    Letters: Preconditions set by ministers on talks have obscured the substance of the dispute, writes the Labour peer Peter Hain, while Dr John Doherty suggests a reasonable offer for striking doctors

November 2022

  • Peter Hain

    Labour in bid to avert Northern Ireland power cuts as result of Brexit legislation

    Exclusive: Peter Hain to table amendment in House of Lords to protect single energy market

September 2022

  • Bain & Company

    Ban Bain & Co from US government contracts, Joe Biden is urged

    Labour peer calls on US president to follow UK in banning firm over misconduct in South Africa

August 2022

  • Bain & Company office

    Bain & Co barred from UK government contracts over ‘grave misconduct’ in South Africa

    Global management consultancy’s three-year ban follows pressure by ex- Labour minister Peter Hain

June 2022

  • Peter Hain

    Ex-Northern Ireland secretary accuses Boris Johnson of ‘Putinesque tactics’

    Labour peer Peter Hain says PM is using Northern Ireland protocol bill to provoke populist row with EU

January 2022

  • Jacob Zuma

    Calls for UK to bar Bain & Co from contracts over South Africa corruption

    Exclusive: Measure needed in light of judicial commission’s findings about role of firm, says Lord Hain

November 2021

  • Shami Chakrabarti

    Labour peers urge greater scrutiny of plans for police camera drones

    Amendment to police bill would require home secretary to approve use of new surveillance equipment

May 2021

  • The latest photo showed Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, a daughter of the ruler of Dubai, looking at the camera blankly next to a clairvoyant at a coffee table.

    UK urged to intervene after another photo of Princess Latifa emerges

    Peter Hain says government must demand proper proof of life of Emirati royal after third image appears on Instagram within days

April 2021

  • Peter Hain next to a statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square in 2019

    'Spy cops' scandal
    Peter Hain accuses undercover police of lying over reports on apartheid campaign

    Former minister tells public inquiry of ‘staggering scale’ of covert monitoring of peaceful protesters
  • The letter said recent disturbances reflected failure in Belfast and Whitehall to sustain positive political momentum

    Boris Johnson is warned of ‘dangerous political vacuum’ in Northern Ireland

    Letter from four former secretaries of state says Brexit’s damage to peace process must be addressed
  • A man walks past a burnt out bus on the Shankill road in West Belfast, Northern Ireland.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Brandon Lewis restates determination to address problems with Northern Ireland protocol – as it happened

    Northern Ireland secretary makes statement following talks with leaders at Stormont

December 2019

  • Peter Hain

    Peter Hain: ‘Stopping South Africa’s rugby and cricket teams hit them right in the gut’

    Peter Hain tells Donald McRae how as a 19-year-old he realised sport was the way to bring down apartheid in South Africa

July 2019

  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson is greeted by Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith at Stormont House.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Boris Johnson wraps up Northern Ireland talks with no sign of progress on reviving power-sharing - as it happened

    Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Boris Johnson’s visit to Northern Ireland

June 2019

  • Lord Hain

    Labour antisemitism row hinders Palestinian cause – Peter Hain

    Ex-minister to call for claims to be confronted through debate on Israeli-Palestinian issue

May 2019

  • 'It was horrible': peer describes allegations against Philip Green – video

    The Labour peer Peter Hain, who used parliamentary privilege to accuse Sir Philip Green of being an abusive bully, has said he did so after hearing 'horrible' claims of repeated sexual assaults resulting in hundreds of grievance cases

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