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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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The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents