Worried security officials insisted a "smoking den" was built on the rooftop of Michael Gove's Government department after he received chilling death threats.
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities now takes cigarette breaks in the secure area after being subjected to horrific abuse in the street.
A source said the Cabinet member was told it wasn't safe for him to smoke outside after being targeted by anti-vaxxers threatening to "hang him".