MPs Feel Unsafe, But It’s ‘Too Expensive’ To Give Them All Security | Alice Thomson

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“None of the women want to wear heels in case they have to run, and that just wasn’t the case 25 years ago... and men have the same issues.” Many MPs feel unsafe, but security is expensive. The eight former PMs with security cost £25 million each, so Times columnist Alice Thomson is unsure as to how we can make them any safer. Alice Thomson and Robert Crampon were speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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