Police investigating suspected arson attack at Tory MP’s office on Christmas Eve

Susannah Ireland

Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at the office of a Conservative MP.

Officers were called to a fire at the north London constituency office of Mike Freer at about 7pm on Christmas Eve, with the London Fire Brigade also on the scene. The Met said the fire happened in a shed at the MP’s office at Ballards Lane in Finchley.