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In a long civil service career, Armstrong worked in several departments, including HM Treasury and the Home Office . He was knighted in 1978. From 1979 to 1987, he served as Secretary Of The Cabinet under Margaret Thatcher . He was subsequently made a life peer as Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, of Ashill in the County of Somerset in 1988, and sits as a Crossbencher .

He is credited with bringing the phrase " Economical With The Truth " into popular usage, after he used it during the '' Spycatcher '' trial in 1986 .


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