LORD BARBER, the former Conservative chancellor of the Exchequer who served in Edward Heath's government, has died. He was 85.
Born in Doncaster, he served in the Army during the Second World War and was evacuated from Dunkirk before joining the RAF as a pilot.
After the conflict, Anthony Barber became an MP for his home town and went on to become Harold Macmillan's minister of health in 1963.
In 1970, when the Tories were returned to power, he took on the responsibility for negotiating Britain's entry into Europe. Following the sudden death of Iain Macleod, he was appointed chancellor.
The Tory peer, who is survived by two daughters, had Parkinson's disease and died in hospital at the weekend.
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