Mahmood Offers Farage Ravec Security Meeting After 28-Year-Old's Arrest in Widdecombe Death
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 13
Mahmood Offers Farage Ravec Security Meeting After 28-Year-Old's Arrest in Widdecombe Death
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 13
Summary
Shabana Mahmood offered Nigel Farage a personal meeting with Ravec, the Home Office body that decides official protection for high-profile politicians, after Ann Widdecombe’s death intensified security concerns.
A 28-year-old man was arrested over Widdecombe’s killing and then rearrested on suspicion of terrorism-related offences, with counter-terrorism police leading the investigation.
Mahmood and Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle rejected Reform UK’s claim that its MPs receive less protection, saying all MPs are treated equally on parliamentary and constituency security.
Farage said he would meet Ravec to discuss protection for all Reform politicians, including non-MPs, as Mahmood raised whether security should be widened to former MPs and smaller parties.