DISPATCHES

Newly elected MP Kim Leadbeater fronts this investigation into growing abuse faced by Members of Parliament. Kim is the sister of Jo Cox, the MP who was killed outside her constituency surgery in 2016. Last year, David Amess was murdered at his surgery. In this tinderbox climate, are MPS safe? And what is the scale of the threats they face? Kim speaks to colleagues on the receiving end of abuse, both on- and off-line, and asks what it all means for our democracy, and for society.