Overview

• Dyfed-Powys Police launched a multi-agency search in Glasbury on July 1 after concerns for a swimmer’s safety and recovered the 77-year-old peer’s body that day.
• His next of kin have been informed and their request for privacy has been respected as authorities close the operation.
• Lord McFall and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer led a chorus of tributes in the House of Lords, praising Lipsey’s decades of public service.
• A life peer since 1999, Lipsey advised Prime Minister James Callaghan, worked as a political journalist and coined the terms “New Labour” and “winter of discontent.”
• He championed water quality in the Wye Valley throughout his career, delivering his final Lords speech on pollution and supporting local environmental efforts.