Speaker’s wife settles tweet libel with McAlpine

Commons Speaker’s wife Sally Bercow has settled a libel action brought by Lord McAlpine after the High Court found a tweet posted by her was highly defamatory of the Tory peer.

After the ruling by Mr Justice Tugendhat in Lord McAlpine’s favour, Ms Bercow said: “I have accepted an earlier offer his lawyers made to settle the matter.”

The amount of damages was not disclosed.