Former Chancellor Lord Howe Dies Aged 88

Former Chancellor Lord Howe has died after a suspected heart attack, his family has announced. Lord Howe was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister and his resignation in 1990 is widely seen as a central factor in the end of Lady Thatcher's premiership. Lord Howe had become Chancellor after Mrs Thatcher won the 1979 election and was made Foreign Secretary in her second term before being moved in 1989 to Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister.