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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and David Maddox

Norman Tebbit death: Prominent minister in Thatcher government and champion of Brexit dies aged 94

Norman Tebbit, the Eurosceptic, anti-immigration former cabinet minister known as one of Margaret Thatcher’s most loyal supporters, has died, aged 94.

The Conservative grandee, who served as employment secretary and Conservative Party chairman in the 1980s, played a key role in Tory politics for a generation and would remain one of the biggest influences on the right wing until his latter years.

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