Bernard Ingham, press secretary to Margaret Thatcher, dies aged 90

Family pay tribute to man they described as ‘journalist to his bones’

Sir Bernard Ingham, Margaret Thatcher’s press secretary, has died at the age of 90 after a short illness, his family has said.

Ingham was a former journalist with the Guardian in the 1970s before going into communications for the government. He served as press secretary for Thatcher for almost her entire time in office.