Review of MP security needed after Widdecombe death, Burnham says

A serious review of MPs' security is needed following the death of Ann Widdecombe, Andy Burnham has said. The former Greater Manchester mayor, who is expected to become prime minister next Monday, said politics had "darkened" in the decade he had been away from Westminster. He said he was "shocked to see how much security now has to be in place", but added that it may need to be increased further still. The killing of Widdecombe - a Reform UK spokeswoman and former Conservative MP - is now being investigated by counter-terrorism police, and has prompted renewed debate over the security offered to politicians. A 28-year-old white British man from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday, before being re-arrested on Monday on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. A leading figure on the right of British politics, the former minister was found dead at her home in Haytor, Devon on Thursday. Asked why he thought frontline politics had become so dangerous, Burnham said: "It's easy to blame social media, but it feels like it's having some impact in just building that kind of toxicity that's around the political deb