Tony Benn dies at 88: 'the loss of an iconic figure of our age'

The 'lodestar for the Labour left' made enemies but was regarded with a good degree of affection

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TRIBUTES have poured in for veteran Labour politician Tony Benn, one the country's most outspoken MPs, who has died at the age of 88.

His children, Stephen, Hilary, Melissa and Joshua, today announced that their father had passed away peacefully at his home in west London early this morning surrounded by his family.

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