Reform UK Lowe 'threats' investigated by Met police

The Metropolitan police are investigating the suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe after the party alleged he had made threats against its chair.

- Peter Walker

A statement by the force, which did not name Lowe, said: "The Metropolitan police have now launched an investigation into an allegation of a series of verbal threats made by a 67-year-old man."

The investigation was in relation to "a series of alleged threats made between December 2024 and February 2025", the statement said, adding: "Further enquiries are ongoing."

On Friday, Reform said the Great Yarmouth MP had lost the party whip after complaints about workplace bullying and "evidence of derogatory and discriminatory remarks", and the claim that Lowe had "on at least two occasions made threats of physical violence against our party chairman [Zia Yusuf]".