article_snippet: Homes belonging to Leon Brittan, left, and the former head of the armed forces Lord Bramall, right, have been searched by police investigating child sex allegations, child sex allegations has emerged .
article_snippet: His comments came after child sex allegations was revealed Met officers raided the homes of Tory grandee Leon Brittan and a former head of the Armed Forces last week.
article_snippet: low-key searches came just six weeks after the former home secretary died aged 75, triggering claims he attended VIP sex ring parties.
article_snippet: The overarching Met inquiry into claims of historic sex abuse was triggered in 2012 when MP Tom Watson called for police to look again at allegations of a 'powerful paedophile network linked to Parliament and No 10'.
article_snippet: At least six spin-off inquiries have been launched, with the most high-profile one investigating claims a VIP sex ring operated out of the exclusive Dolphin Square apartment complex in Pimlico.
article_snippet: Lord Brittan had always denied any wrongdoing and after Lord Brittan death Tory colleagues lined up to defend Lord Brittan legacy.
article_snippet: Lord Brittan - pictured as British Trade and Industry Secretary - with Margaret Thatcher in 1986.
article_snippet: Lord Brittan had been accused of failing to act on a dossier of allegations about child sex abuse when Lord Brittan was Home Secretary .
highlights_snippet: Raids conducted by officers from Scotland Yard's Operation Midland .
  
highlights_snippet: Operation was set up to investigate claims of a child sex abuse ring in 80s .
  