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 Conservative leader Michael Howard said allegations that "dogged" Lord Brittan before his death are "completely unsubstantiated".
Howard told ITV News that the former home secretary "should be remembered as a great servant of our country".
Mr Howard said he had fond memories of his "warm, witty and amusing friend", adding that he would be "greatly missed".
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