Ann Widdecombe, 78, former Conservative MP and minister in the Thatcher government, was found dead. A 26-year-old white British man has been arrested and a homicide investigation has been opened. Widdecombe later became a Member of the European Parliament for the Brexit Party alongside Nigel Farage. According to Il Giornale, in recent years she had been among the references for the Reform UK party. According to la Repubblica, the body was found in her home in the English countryside, discovered by her family. The same newspaper reports that, according to the police, the suspect would not have acted for political motives. Widdecombe was a prominent figure in British Euroscepticism, known for her strong opposition to the United Kingdom's membership in the European Union.