Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood issued an update to MPs in the Commons after counter-terrorism police took over the investigation into the death of veteran politician Ann Widdecombe

The death has renewed unease about the safety of Britain’s politicians, after two others were killed in the last decade.

Ann Widdecombe, a former Tory minister and later Reform spokesperson, was found dead at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor at around 11.40am on Thursday after sustaining serious…