Alex Younger, former head of MI6, dies aged 62

Keir Starmer says Younger led an ‘exemplary life’, while foreign secretary says country owes him ‘an enormous debt of gratitude’

Alex Younger, the former head of MI6, has died at the age of 62 after being treated for cancer.

Younger led the Secret Intelligence Service, the agency also known as MI6, between 2014 and 2020.