All news on the topic: David Amess

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'Abbott comments not ‘racism row’ or ‘Tory chaos' - this is stone cold racism'
The arrogance of the government spokesman trying to claim the remarks were not gender or race-based would be laughable if this wasn’t so serious, writes Darren Lewis
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Three female MPs get bodyguards and cars amid growing safety fears in Parliament
Risk assessments found three MPs - including Tory and Labour members - face a heightened threat amid concerns about safety with Lindsay Hoyle appealing for better protection
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Top Tory told Lindsay Hoyle he would 'unleash hell' in bid to pressure Speaker
Tory Chief Whip Simon Hart heaped pressure on Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle not to allow a vote on Labour's call for a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of chaotic debate
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'Horrified' daughter of murdered MP suing police for failing to stop terrorist
Ali Harbi Ali had been referred to the Home Office’s deradicalisation scheme Prevent seven years earlier but fooled officials into believing he was not a danger
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Rishi Sunak told to keep trophy hunting promise in honour of murdered MP
The Prime Minister faces pressure to deliver on the Tory 2019 election manifesto pledge to ban trophy hunting imports - and to do so in memory of the late Sir David Amess
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Widower of murdered MP Jo Cox was 'worried' as protester stormed Starmer stage
Brendan Cox said he was worried for Keir Starmer and wife Victoria in that moment - "not knowing if it was just a random protester or somebody with the worst intent"
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Widow of Sir David Amess weeps as she sees 'perfect' sculpture of late husband
Grieving Lady Amess saw the sculpture of her late husband - who was murdered two years ago - for the first time this week and said: 'I felt I could reach out and touch him.'
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Most dangerous murderers to face mandatory whole-life sentences under new law
Steve Reed, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary said: “No one will take any lessons from this soft-on-crime Tory government."
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Labour MP says she takes anxiety medication over 'level of threat' against her
The Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Phillips also detailed the the toll of the 2017 Westminster terrorist attack and the murder of two MPs
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Labour MP forced to call in police after receiving death threat
Preet Kaur Gill, Britain’s first Sikh MP, said she was left with no choice but to call the police. She is also forced to have a bodyguard at her surgery meetings
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Sister of Jo Cox only meets constituents with appointments over fears of attack
Kim Leadbeater - who represents the same seat her sister held until her death - called for more to be done to protect politicians, who, she said, face a “shopping list” of threats, abuse, and attacks
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Security had to stop obsessives trying to sneak into Queen's lying-in-state
Parliament's head of security revealed how officials worked to block certain individuals from attending the sombre vigil beside the Queen's coffin in Parliament's Westminster Hall
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Molotov cocktails left on Tory minister's doorstep in grim threats to MPs
Justice Minister Mike Freer, who wears a stab vest to meet constituents after threats, says his husband is worried about him standing again as an MP in 2024
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Death threats to MP who wears stab vest - from poisoning to being hung
MP Virginia Crosbie was being interviewed on the street when a man quietly asked her: “Where’s your stab jacket?” - just one of the latest of many threats made to Virginia, who this week told how she wears a protective vest to meet constituents
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Tory MP says she wears a stab vest to meetings with her constituents
Tory MP Virginia Crosbie said she also has security protection, but stressed that it was also important to have direct face-to-face contact with her constituents