The murder of Ann Widdecombe is now being treated as terrorism, police revealed today.Specialist officers from Counter Terrorism Policing have taken over the investigation into the death of the 78-year-old former minister in Devon last week.A 28-year-old white British man from Rotherham was arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday.The suspect was captured on CCTV climbing into his car with what appeared to be a large baton bulging from his pocket on the day she was allegedly beaten to death.It also emerged today that Ms Widdecombe gave a tour of her £600,000 Dartmoor home for a television programme broadcast just five days before she was allegedly murdered. The show featured the kitchen where she was found dead, as well as the property's front door, driveway and grounds. The suspect, who the Daily Mail is not naming, was arrested after a dozen armed officers descended on his council house in South Yorkshire. Until today, Devon and Cornwall Police had insisted there was no evidence to suggest the killing was politically motivated.But in a dramatic twist, the suspect has now been re-arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said new information and evidence had come to light, prompting it to take over the investigation. The nature of that new evidence or information has not been revealed.Specialist officers from across the UK Counter Terrorism Policing network have been working alongside Devon and Cornwall Police since a murder inquiry was launched last week.Laurence Taylor, the head of National Counter Terrorism Policing, said: 'Building on the progress made by our colleagues in Devon and Cornwall Police, we now have new information and evidence that means Counter Terrorism Policing is leading the investigation.'We are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry to establish the motivation for this attack.'Our priority is to progress this investigation as quickly as possible, using all the capabilities available to us. If anyone has information, we urge them to contact police.'We would like to thank local communities, the wider public and the media for their ongoing support and patience, and ask them to continue supporting us during the next stage of the investigation.' The murder of Ann Widdecombe, pictured on a TV show last week, may have been terror-relatedThe suspect in Ms Widdecombe's murder was captured on CCTV leaving the property on a Rotherham estate shortly before 8am on Wednesday with what appears to be a pole in the pocket of his shorts