Threats to MPs at 'unprecedented' levels, says Met chief
Threats to MPs are at"unprecedented" levels, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has said.
"Polarised opinion" on political and social issues was also having"a big impact on the scale and impact of protest activity", she added. Ministers have said they intend to pass a law creating a specific new criminal offence of intimidating parliamentary candidates and party campaigners.
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