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Good morning. i locked lot of mps have been —— a lot of mps have been sharing images on social media of some of the meetings they have been holding publicly over the past a8 hours despite what happened in leigh—on—sea on friday. so lindsay hoyle said in these newspaper articles this morning but those constituency surgeries must go on. he says a cornerstone of our democracy, the idea that mps are as accessible as possible to the people they are elected to represent. he does acknowledge more needs to be done to protect them. he doesn't go into specifics, but he says he is working closely...

Will change things. do you feel safe doing yourjob, going around your constituency? no, not really, if i'm honest. i feel quite fortunate to have a lot| of constituents who are concerned about my safety, wigan is that sort of place. - people look after each other. security was tightened in mps's offices following the murder ofjo cox in 2016 and many believe action is needed now. i do think there is more to be done by parliament working with the venues where we hold our advice sessions with local authorities, otherwise to make us feel physically safe. such is the screening for covid. the home s...

Seen that again this morning in the sense labour and the liberal democrats have said they will not stand a candidate in the by—election in southend west, similar to what happened in batley and spen following the death ofjo cox. happened in batley and spen following the death of 10 cox. thank ou. the following the death of 10 cox. thank yom the latest _ following the death of 10 cox. thank you. the latest on _ following the death of 10 cox. thank you. the latest on events _ following the death of 10 cox. thank you. the latest on events in - you. the latest on events in leigh—on—sea. we wi...

Security changes being offered to protect mps. political correspondent peter saull is here. the home secretary speaking this morning saying mps have been contacted about their own security. she launched a review yesterday asking police forces to contact mps in the country. there have been already measures introduced following the murder ofjo cox, the labour mp in batley and spen, in 2016, introducing things like panic alarms, shutters on offices. i think there is a consensus that does not go far enough and is patchy in the country particularly when you have mps holding surgeries in different b...

Asked himself the question whether it is time for him to stop doing his own constituency surgeries. he decides that it is a firm no to that. many mps it seems agree. a lot of them tweeting pictures of recent days of public events they have gone ahead with with very little in the way of security measures. the speaker also acknowledges more needs to be done to protect mps in constituencies. there have been measures being brought in in the wake of the murder ofjo cox. they have access to panic alarms, shutters on constituency offices, they can put in place extra lighting. that is varied up and do...