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Graeme Wearden

Starmer, Brown, Sunak and Hunt lead tributes to former chancellor Alistair Darling – as it happened

Alistair Darling, former Labour chancellor, seen at his home in Edinburgh
Alistair Darling, former Labour chancellor, seen at his home in Edinburgh Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

That’s all for tonight.

Our news story about Alistair Darling’s death is here, and you can read Gordon Brown’s tribute here, and economics editor Larry Elliott’s analysis of his achievements as chancellor here.

Our earlier round-up of today’s tributes is here, or you can read them all from here onwards.

Rest in peace, Alistair.

What the front pages say

And finally, Alistair Darling features on many of tomorrow’s front pages.

The National, the pro-independence Scottish newspaper, highlights the tributes paid by past and present first ministers, such as Humza Yousaf (who described Alistair Darling as a “giant of Scottish and UK politics” – see 3.14pm) and Alex Salmond (see 1.30pm)

While The Scotsman recalls Darling as: ‘A giant of politics, and the safest of hands’

The Financial Times credit him as “A steady hand” (see 21.24pm for their obituary) .

The Guardian highlights the tributes paid to Darling, on a day in which Shane MacGowan and Henry Kissinger also died:

While The Mirror calls him a ‘man of honour’:

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