Threat level against MPs raised to ‘substantial’, Priti Patel tells Commons

Home secretary informs Commons of change despite no information suggesting any specific new danger

The threat level against MPs has been raised to substantial", the home secretary, Priti Patel, has told the Commons, with police saying they would now work with MPs to review the security they receive.

Patel, making a statement on MPs' security after the killing of the Conservative MP Sir David Amess on Friday, urged them to take the change in risk seriously" following a review by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre.