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Roger Scruton dies aged 75

By 2020-01-12T19:57:00

Roger Scruton

Minister insists Building Beautiful chair’s work will live on

Roger Scruton, the founding chair of the government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, died today, his family said.

The controversial philosopher was 75 and had been suffering from cancer.

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick led the tributes, insisting that Scruton’s work for the commission – whose final report was originally due out before Christmas – would survive him.

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