Alistair Darling - in pictures

  • Former chancellor and veteran Labour politician Alistair Darling has died aged 70. All photos: Getty Images
    Former chancellor and veteran Labour politician Alistair Darling has died aged 70. All photos: Getty Images
  • Mr Darling appeared on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show in Aberdeen, in 2022
    Mr Darling appeared on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show in Aberdeen, in 2022
  • The then chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne and Mr Darling visited the Hitachi Rail Europe plant in Ashford during a pro-Remain event before the EU referendum in 2016
    The then chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne and Mr Darling visited the Hitachi Rail Europe plant in Ashford during a pro-Remain event before the EU referendum in 2016
  • Alex Salmond, then first minister of Scotland, and Mr Darling, then chairman of Better Together take part in a live television debate in Glasgow, in 2014. They were trying to influence voters before the referendum on whether Scotland should be an independent country
    Alex Salmond, then first minister of Scotland, and Mr Darling, then chairman of Better Together take part in a live television debate in Glasgow, in 2014. They were trying to influence voters before the referendum on whether Scotland should be an independent country
  • Mr Darling talks to reporters on the Labour Party election tour bus in 2010
    Mr Darling talks to reporters on the Labour Party election tour bus in 2010
  • Mr Darling hugs his wife Maggie outside number 11 Downing Street in 2010, before he presented the government's last budget before the general election
    Mr Darling hugs his wife Maggie outside number 11 Downing Street in 2010, before he presented the government's last budget before the general election
  • Mr Darling with then Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman at the Labour Party Conference in 2009
    Mr Darling with then Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman at the Labour Party Conference in 2009
  • Mr Darling with the 2009 Pre-Budget Report at the Treasury in London
    Mr Darling with the 2009 Pre-Budget Report at the Treasury in London
  • Gordon Brown speaks with Mr Darling during a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in 2009
    Gordon Brown speaks with Mr Darling during a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in 2009
  • Then Prime Minister Tony Blair and Mr Darling at the Scottish Labour party conference in 2004
    Then Prime Minister Tony Blair and Mr Darling at the Scottish Labour party conference in 2004
  • Then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mr Darling addresses the Labour Party Conference in 1999
    Then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mr Darling addresses the Labour Party Conference in 1999
  • Then Labour Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Mr Darling and MP Glenda Jackson hold an oversized tax bill for Prime Minister John Major during a demonstration outside Conservative Party Central Office in London in 1997
    Then Labour Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Mr Darling and MP Glenda Jackson hold an oversized tax bill for Prime Minister John Major during a demonstration outside Conservative Party Central Office in London in 1997