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.
Prime Minister David Cameron has called Lord Brittan a "dedicated and fiercely intelligent public servant in his tribute to the Tory peer who has died aged 75 after a long fight with cancer.
Lord Brittan was a senior member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet until forced to resign over the Westland Helicopters affair, and he later spent a decade in Brussels as one of the UK's European Commissioners.
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