Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe will not be charged over alleged 'verbal threats'

Former Reform MP Rupert Lowe will not be charged after facing allegations of making threats, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's Special Crime Division, said: "Having considered a number of witness statements, we have concluded that there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction."

Mr Lowe was suspended by Reform UK following allegations that the MP threatened violence towards party chairman Zia Yusuf.

He always denied wrongdoing and claimed he was the victim of a witch hunt.

In a statement following the CPS's decision, the Great Yarmouth MP said he was referred to the police "all because I dared to raise constructive criticisms of Nigel Farage, stood firm on deporting illegal migrants, and pushed for Reform to be run democratically - not as a vehicle to stroke one man's ego".

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