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Megan Howe

Terror police investigating Widdecombe death reopen old probe into 'firebomb' at Farage's London home

Ann Widdecombe (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Archive)

Counter-terror police investigating the death of former MP and Reform spokesperson Ann Widdecombe have reopened an inquiry into a report of an attempted burglary at a London address in April last year.

Officers said the incident, which the Telegraph described as a “lit incendiary device” being posted through Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s letterbox, happened at an address in south London and was reported in April 2025.

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