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Brittan dies with abuse questions still unanswered

THE former Cabinet minister accused of failing to act on evidence of child abuse by senior Westminster figures has died of cancer.

Leon Brittan’s death was announced as current Home Secretary Theresa May was quizzed over her dodgy handling of the inquiry into the 1980s abuse.

She faced questions after it emerged that a file detailing allegations of “unnatural sexual” behaviour at Westminster had been unearthed at the National Archives.

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