Shabana Mahmood: “The police have cautioned against speculating about the case. That is the right thing to do for Ann’s family and…”

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

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

Eritrea has had every chance to accept the return of criminals and those with no right to be in the UK. Unlike other countries, it has refused.

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