Stronger Laws Needed To Protect MPs From Abuse - Electoral Commission
The law should be strengthened to protect MPs from abuse, threats and intimidation, the Electoral Commission has said.
Candidates in the 2017 General Election suffered a litany of abuse, including threats at their own home and bullying both online and in person, the body found after a nationwide appeal for information.
The data has been handed to the Committee on Standards in Public Life, which is investigating the intimidation of parliamentary candidates.
Their probe was launc
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