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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch have issued separate statements after Devon and Cornwall Police announced a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe.

The Reform UK spokeswoman and former Conservative minister was found dead at her Dartmoor home on Thursday morning.

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