Labour peer dies after cancer battle

Labour peer Andrew McIntosh has died after a battle with cancer, relatives said.

The 77-year-old politician, who served as a whip and a culture spokesman in the Lords, was given a life peerage in 1983 as Baron McIntosh of Haringey.

The peer, who was married to social researcher Naomi Sargant, had two sons and a stepson.

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