Shabana Mahmood: “I would be happy to meet with MPs in the area to discuss the issue and wider funding concerns.”

My message to the Eritrean government is simple: take back your nationals or face a complete ban on your citizens entering the UK.

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

Those who enter public life do so to serve. Robust debate and criticism are part of the job. Threats, abuse and violence are not.

An attack on any individual in public life is an attack on every one of us, and it is an attack on democracy itself.