A Source Said There Had Been a 'Very Serious Policing Error'

Officers said the incident, which The Telegraph described as a "lit incendiary device" being posted through the Reform UK leader's letterbox, happened at an address in Greater London and was reported in April 2025. The Metropolitan Police and Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London said they investigated an "attempted burglary", but no arrests were made at the time and the case was closed pending any new lines of inquiry. Mr Farage, who was not home at the time of the attack and found the damage when he returned home, earlier described the alleged attack as an "outright arson attempt". Luckily it had burned itself out on the porch, he told The Telegraph in April this year.