Following Mr Farage’s claim that he had been advised not to hold in-person surgeries by the Speaker’s Office, the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he would advise MPs to take advice from parliament’s security team and “do so safely” if they asked him for advice on holding surgeries.

  • Ellia Plissken
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    a “surgery” in British politics is like a town hall meeting, but one person at a time.

    A political surgery is a series of one-to-one meetings that a Member of Parliament or other political officeholder may have with their constituents