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Thatcher's coffin in Parliament

The body of Baroness Thatcher is in a chapel inside the Houses of Parliament, where a service was held for MPs, peers and parliamentary staff. Her funeral takes place today.

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Tory MP: Thatcher funeral could 'work out as a profit'

Conservative MP Peter Bone has told Daybreak that London could profit from Margaret Thatcher's funeral as more people wishing to pay their respects have been brought into the area. He said:

I don't first of all accept that this is costing £10 million, because think how many people have been brought into London, how much extra business, it's probably actually going to work out as a profit for the economy.

It is absolutely the correct thing to do.

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