When she resigned in 1990, she had been the longest serving prime minister, without a break, since the 1820s. Mr Blair was the first Labour prime minister of the UK for 18 years when his party won ...

Alongside the likes of Winston Churchill and Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher remains one of the most memorable British leaders ...

but it didn't stop him from going on to become Britain’s longest-serving deputy prime minister. He left the Regent Street school at the age of 15 to work as a trainee chef and then as a steward ...

Indira Gandhi was the first woman to become Prime Minister of India and was known for her strong leadership. Margaret ...