UK parliament and Congress ‘to combine to combat threats to frontline politicians’ after Trump shooting

The UK Parliament and the US Congress are set to work more closely to combat threats to frontline politicians in the wake ofthe attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

The Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is to write to his American counterpart stressing the importance of sharing expertise on security measures, The Independent has learned.

It comes as the shooting at a campaign rally led to concerns about the safety of MPs and the risk of political violence in the UK.

A bloodied Mr Trump was rushed from the stage to a hospital after the attempt on his life and later said that a bullet had “pierced” his ear.

The suspected gunman was killed at the scene.

Kim Leadbeater, the sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, said the attack on Mr Trump raised questions about «what a civilised democracy looks like».

The Labour MP for Spen Valley told BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that «we are back again having that conversation about what democracy looks like, what our politics looks like». She added: “I sadly feel that we are not making a huge amount of progress in this country”.

House of Commons Leader Lucy Powell also said that there was a «growing sense of…. hate and attacks» towards UK politicians which was «something that we need to take action on».

Just hours before the attempt on Mr Trump’s life, the Common Speaker warned that the safety of MPs keeps him “awake at night”.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle said threats and intimidation towards parliamentarians were currently at such a level that he had “never seen anything as bad”.

The security of MPs was tightened after Sir David Amess was stabbed more than 20 times during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex nearly three years ago. He was the second MP murdered in recent years, after Ms