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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Laura Connor & Lyell Tweed

Ashton MP Angela Rayner says death threats mean sons need panic buttons and police escort

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner says her two youngest sons are living in fear after she received a threat from a stranger warning: “I know where your kids are.”

Ashton-under-Lyne MP Angela, 41, has revealed that both Charlie, 13, and Jimmy, 12, had seen the terrifying threat and have since been given a police escort to go to school.

She told the Sunday Mirror : “There are things we’ve had to do to look after them. We’ve got panic buttons in the house and an evacuation procedure.

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