Nigel Farage is offered extra private security by the Home Office after Reform Party leader is pelted with objects including a milkshake in campaign attacks

Nigel Farage has been offered further backstage information by the Home Office aft a milkshake and different objects person been thrown astatine him during campaigning for the General Election.

A cupful and different entity were thrown astatine the Reform UK person portion helium was connected apical of a enactment conflict autobus yesterday successful Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

This followed an incidental past week successful which a milkshake was thrown implicit the 60-year-old arsenic helium near the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoons pub successful Clacton-on-Sea successful Essex.

Two radical person been charged implicit the incidents.

It is understood that the Home Office has been successful interaction with Mr Farage to connection further backstage security.

Police chiefs accidental it is hard to enactment retired the intentions of radical successful crowds erstwhile would-be MPs are retired campaigning, but that the candidates whitethorn not privation to beryllium enactment successful a bubble arsenic they effort to talk to the public.

The fig of quality and transgression reports received by constabulary relating to MPs has dropped sharply successful caller months, but unit chiefs importune candidates person assurance successful officers to support them.

In January and February astir 260 quality reports and 60 oregon 70 transgression reports were received by constabulary successful narration to Operation Bridger, which focuses connected the information of elected representatives.

But this fell to tens of quality reports and 'small numbers' of reported crimes successful the past 2 months.