A woman who sent messages to former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner threatening to kill her and her son has been given an 18-month community order and banned from contacting the politician. The threats were made via Rayner's Ashton-under-Lyne constituency office on 5 September 2025 – the day she resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary. Elizabeth Harker, 63, from Luton, admitted sending voicemails to Rayner which were "grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character", as well as messages to a woman in Luton. Sentencing Harker at Westminster Magistrates' Court, judge Briony Clarke said her actions had "a significant impact on the two victims". The court heard the defendant left four voicemails on the MP's hotline, "all of which were abusive". They included sexually derogatory slurs, telling Rayner "you don't know what is coming to you", and making further threats to kill her and her son. Rayner said Harker's messages had left her "distressed and alarmed".…