Home secretary insists all MPs treated equally but that security of former MPs and non-Westminster politicians is a concernShabana Mahmood has offered Nigel Farage a personal meeting with the Home Office unit that works on security for high-profile politicians, insisting all MPs are treated equally in how they are offered protection.Addressing the Commons after the death of Ann Widdecombe, the Re… The counter-terrorism unit has taken charge of the case due to "new information and evidence" on the suspected murder of the former minister, the UK Home Secretary says. Officers say decision made after ‘new information and evidence has come to light’Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the death of the former MP and Reform spokesperson Ann Widdecombe after “new information and evidence has come to light”, counter-terrorism policing south east said.Widdecombe’s body was found with “serious injuries” by the ambulance service at her home …
The police said they had arrested a 26-year-old British man after Ann Widdecombe, a 78-year-old former lawmaker, was found dead with serious injuries on Thursday. Police in southwest England say they have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of murdering politician Ann Widdecombe. Based on initial inquiries, they were not treating the case as terrorism or politically motivated.
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