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Lord Brittan: Police probe 'ongoing' despite peer's death

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.

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Questions endure over Lord Brittain's knowledge of abuse dossier

Lord Brittan, a leading conservative politician of his day, has died of cancer aged 75.

More recently, he was back in the public eye after being accused of not investigating a child sex ring.

There have been many warm words from political friends of the Thatcher era.

But from others, questions of a different kind.

As Home Secretary back then: what did he know about claims of child sex abuse at the heart of the British establishment?

ITV News UK Editor Rohit Kachroo reports:

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