Labour leader and Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, paid tribute to former Labour Party leader, Michael Foot at his funeral today.

Gordon Brown praised Foot as "one of the most elegant of orators, one of the greatest parliamentarians ever" and said that he lived a life "in the service of the greatest of progressive causes". The Prime Minster went on to say that "He graced the country and for those of us privileged to know him, he graced all of our lives".

Neil Kinnock, who followed Foot as Labour leader paid tribute to him, saying "In thought and in word and in deed, Michael Foot was brave and brilliant."

Senior Labour figures past and present attended the funeral along with family and friends.