The Reform UK leader said the murder of Sir David Amess, and threats against him, means he is restricted from holding in-person constituency meetings.

Nigel Farage has said he is not holding in-person surgeries in his constituency over fears the public will “flow through the door with knives in their pockets”. The Reform UK leader said he had been advised not to accommodate the “old-style” physical meetings between MPs and their constituents in his seat of Clacton.

He said today he had been advised not to hold regular 'old-style' physical meetings to address locals' problems in case they 'flow through the door' carrying blades 'in their pockets'.