Shabana Mahmood: “Let no one make any mistake: an attack on anyone in politics is an attack on us all.”

We can defeat those who mean us harm, but we are strongest when we act together.

In a more dangerous world, we are faced by threats from without and within that target our democracy and our way of life.

I can therefore announce today that I will expand, with immediate effect, police support to political figures who are not currently members of parliament.

Today I also announce an independent root-and-branch review of the protective security provided by the state to those in public life.