Shabana Mahmood: “Threats against police officers are utterly unacceptable. There can be no justification for intimidation, abuse or…”

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

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

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

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