Ann Widdecombe, 78, was found dead in her home on Thursday. She had a lengthy career as a Conservative politician and later a Reform UK leader.

Officers found the former Conservative prisons minister with 'serious injuries' after an ambulance crew called them to her house in Haytor, Dartmoor at 11.40am yesterday.

Devon and Cornwall Police are probing the circumstances surrounding Ann Widdecombe's death, after she was discovered dead at her home in Dartmoor