Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving press secretary Sir Bernard Ingham has died after a short illness, his family has said
A"journalist to his bones", Sir Bernard was still writing newspaper columns last month. Politicians and journalists across the political divide have praised him for his tenacity and fair treatment.Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving press secretary Sir Bernard Ingham has died after a short illness, his family has said.
During Labour's years in power in the 1970s, he worked for left-wing MPs Barbara Castle and Tony Benn while a press officer at the departments for employment and energy. His son, John Ingham, said:"To the wider world he is known as Margaret Thatcher's chief press secretary, a formidable operator in the political and Whitehall jungles.
Mr Ingham thanked his father's nursing home, Tupwood Gate in Caterham, Surrey, and his previous in-home carers for their"wonderful care and support".
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