The Reform UK leader has accepted an offer from Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to meet with the chairman of the body which organises security for the Royal Family and senior ministers.

Leading figures in Nigel Farage's party have spoken out in the wake of the suspected murder of Ann Widdecombe to complain about the level of security given to them.

The Reform leader's spokesman told The i Paper it was a downgrade on the state-funded security he had previously received