The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe over an allegation of “verbal threats”.
Reform reported the Nice Yarmouth MP to police on 6 March over alleged threats of bodily violence in opposition to the celebration’s chairman Zia Yusuf.
A spokesperson for the Met Police mentioned the drive had launched an investigation “into an allegation of a sequence of verbal threats made by a 67-year-old man”.
Writing on social media, Lowe mentioned he was “unaware of the precise allegations” however denied “any wrongdoing”.
Lowe mentioned his legal professionals “have made contact with the Met Police and have made them conscious of my willingness to co-operate in any mandatory investigation”.
Lowe added that his legal professionals “haven’t but obtained any contact from the police” and mentioned it was “extremely uncommon for the police to reveal something to the media at this stage of an investigation”.
The Met Police mentioned “additional enquiries are ongoing at this stage”.
The police drive additionally clarified that it had initially “referred to alleged threats made in December 2024” however in actual fact the alleged threats have been “made between December 2024 and February 2025”.
In addition to reporting Lowe to police, Reform have employed a lawyer to research allegations of office bullying in his workplace made by two feminine workers.
On Friday Reform mentioned it had suspended Lowe from the celebration over the allegations.
The celebration claimed Lowe had made “threats of bodily violence” in opposition to Yusuf “on not less than two events”.
It additionally mentioned it had obtained proof of “derogatory and discriminating remarks made about girls” by Lowe.
Lowe has insisted the accusations, and his suspension from Reform, have been a politically motivated retaliation for his criticism of Reform’s chief Nigel Farage in a newspaper interview final Wednesday.
Chatting with the Each day Mail, Lowe criticised Reform’s decision-making processes, saying Farage had a “messianic” type.
Reform have claimed the alleged bullying and threats predate Lowe’s article.
Lowe insisted final week that the highest lawyer investigating the allegations had mentioned she was “shocked” by the method and that no proof in opposition to him had been offered. The lawyer denied this to the REPORTAHOLICS.
Reform, the successor to Farage’s Brexit Get together, has been driving excessive in current polls.
However the row has uncovered divisions inside the celebration and means its 5 MPs are actually all the way down to 4.
