12-07-2017 19:15 via theguardian.com

PM orders inquiry into intimidation of MPs during general election

May says she is ‘horrified by stories from colleagues’ as Commons debates abuse suffered in real life and on social mediaTheresa May has ordered an investigation into intimidation experienced by candidates during the last election after a barrage of complaints by MPs about death threats and harassment.The prime minister asked the committee on standards in public life to prepare a report, saying she was “horrified by stories from colleagues about the scale and nature of the inti
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