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Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has ordered an urgent independent review of the protective security the state provides to people in public life, and expanded police support with immediate effect to political figures who are not MPs, after the killing of Ann Widdecombe.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has summoned Iran's ambassador and said Britain will not tolerate threats on its soil, after the incident at RAF Fairford. Two Iranians, including the head of the regime's counterespionage operations, have been sanctioned.
Military bases across Britain are on high alert after an alleged terrorist plot targeting RAF Fairford, with the prime minister saying there were "strong indications that Iran played a part".
