There is no record of this advice having been given to the MP by either the Speaker's Office or Parliament's security team and neither have any recollection of such a conversation

Clacton MP and Reform UK leader references ‘knives’ and says he is acting on Speaker’s Office advice, but parliamentary sources deny this

Nigel Farage says he has been advised it could lead to violence and refers to the death of Southend West MP Sir David Amess.

He said he won't hold in-person surgeries in his constituency over fears the public will “flow through the door with knives in their pockets”

Row erupts after Farage claims he was told not to hold face-to-face MP surgeries over knife attack fears - Reform UK leader express concern the public would ‘flow through doors with knives in their pockets’ when asked if he had held meetings in his seat in Clacton,