THE archive papers of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey have been deposited at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

Mr Healey, who was Labour Chancellor from 1974 to 1979, died in 2015.

The archive features speeches and articles, as well as wide-ranging personal correspondence and documents relating to Mr Healey’s political career.

The archive also includes Mr Healey’s diaries dating from the 1930s to 2015.

Chris Fletcher, Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library, said: “It’s particularly appropriate that Mr Healey’s archive will be kept in Oxford where he began his political career.”