Mr Straw, who served as Home Secretary under Tony Blair and Justice Secretary in Gordon Brown’s government, first proposed the radical change while in government. But it was torpedoed by a ...

Jack Straw is to stand down as MP for Blackburn at the next general election. The former Labour home and foreign secretary, 67, was elected in Blackburn in 1979 and has stood in eight general ...

Jack Straw, who served under Tony Blair, made the comments to ITV News' Mark Austin after the Chilcot Inquiry published its findings. Mr Straw told ITV News: "I'm deeply sorry for the loss of life ...

By James Barr “The job is always an English job” goes the Iranian phrase that Jack Straw has borrowed for the title of his new book. It reflects, he says, the widespread Iranian suspicion that “we are ...

A Labour grandee, Jack Straw has served more than three decades as an MP and 13 years as a cabinet minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Mr Straw, now 68, entered the Commons in 1979.

Former Home Secretary Jack Straw has called for new laws on the wearing of the veil in court. The Blackburn MP welcomed a ruling by a judge that a defendant should remove the niqab while giving ...