Politicians’ safety is in a “much worse and less safe” state than it was in 2016 when Jo Cox was murdered, the late MP’s sister has warned as she said the establishment of a new national democracy protection unit was “right” but “depressing”.
Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP for Spen Valley since 2021, said she considered her career choice on a daily basis as politicians face “threats and abuse almost as a matter of course now”.
