Shabana Mahmood: “Instead, a fair asylum system must be grounded in controlled, safe and legal asylum.”

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

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.

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