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The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson

David Hencke, Guardian journalist who exposed cash-for-questions scandal, dies aged 79

David Hencke with a grey beard wearing a dark suit and patterned tie in a head-and-shoulders portrait
David Hencke joined the Guardian as a reporter in 1976, before becoming Westminister correspondent. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

The acclaimed journalist David Hencke, whose career at the Guardian spanned more than three decades, has died of liver cancer aged 79.

As Westminster correspondent, Hencke was instrumental in exposing the cash-for-questions scandal that forced the resignations of two Conservative ministers, and the scoop that led to Peter Mandelson’s first resignation from government.

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