The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it will continue to review an historical allegation of rape against former Home Secretary Lord Brittan, despite the peer's death aged 75.
The Conservative peer died at his London home following a long battle with cancer, his family said.
He was recently caught up in a row over allegations that he failed to act on evidence of child abuse by senior figures in Westminster in the 1980s.
Former Home Secretary Leon Brittan has died aged 75.
The Conservative peer died last night at his home in London following a long battle with cancer, his family said in a statement.
He was recently caught up in a row over allegations that he failed to act on evidence of child abuse by senior figures in Westminster in the 1980s.
Lord Brittan was first elected as a Conservative MP in 1974 and served as home secretary in Margaret Thatcher's government from 1983 to 1985.
He was MP for Cleveland & Whitby from 1974 to 1983 and for Richmond, Yorkshire, from 1983 to 1988.
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