Stephen Timms stabbed in constituency surgery

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

The Sun is reporting the horrific news that Stephen Timms, the former Treasury minister and Labour MP for East Ham, has been stabbed at his constituency surgery in East London.

The paper says:

“The former senior Government finance minister was attacked during a surgery at his East Ham constituency in London’s East End. As an appointment with a 21-year-old woman ended at 3.20pm, she produced a knife and plunged it into the 54-year-old MP.

Police were called and the young woman was arrested at the local council services centre in Beckton. She is being assessed by doctors over her mental state.”

Stephen was taken by ambulance to Newham General Hospital. His condition is not said to be life-threatening.

All of our thoughts and best wishes are with Stephen as he makes a full recovery.