Police say they have launched murder investigation into death of Ann Widdecombe – UK politics live

According to The Guardian, police have launched a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe, the former Member of Parliament, who was found dead at her home in Dartmoor at the age of seventy-eight. Officers say they will give a statement on the case. The development came as Westminster's attention was otherwise fixed on the coming transition to Andy Burnham's premiership, but the inquiry into Widdecombe's death has now moved to the front of the day's political news.

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