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Home secretary offers Farage security talks as Reform criticises MP protection after Widdecombe death
July 13, 2026 at 07:15 PM · Updated 95d ago
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(opens the publisher’s site)Shabana Mahmood has offered Nigel Farage a meeting with the Home Office unit overseeing politician security, after Reform UK complained its MPs were being neglected.
- Ann Widdecombe's body was found at her home in Devon; a 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and later rearrested on terrorism-related offences.
- Mahmood offered Farage a meeting with the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (Ravec), which decides on official protection for politicians.
- Farage accepted the meeting, saying he would discuss security for all Reform politicians, including those who are not MPs.
- Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle insisted every MP is equal in security, rejecting Reform home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf's claim that the state provided "no protection whatsoever" to the party.
Latest developments
- Robert Jenrick, Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson, has accused the Home Secretary of deliberately withholding security from Nigel Farage for over a year because of political disapproval of Reform’s views.