Lord Elder obituary
Labour party adviser who was a key backroom figure in the drive for Scottish devolution
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Labour party adviser who was a key backroom figure in the drive for Scottish devolution
In 1979, shortly after Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives won power at Westminster, a young Bank of England economist called Murray Elder was summoned for a job
Gordon Brown has paid tribute to Scottish Labour peer, Lord Murray Elder of Kirkcaldy, who has died aged 73.
A Labour Party veteran heralded as an “important backroom architect of devolution” has died aged 73 after collapsing just outside the House of Lords chamber on Tuesday evening.Lord Murray Elder, a childhood friend of Gordon Brown, served as gener...
Lord Elder was praised by former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair as an "architect" of devolution.