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Ms Abbott’s son was James Abbott-Thompson, 28, was arrested following an altercation with an emergency services worker, The Daily Telegraph reports. The attack took place last Friday outside the Foreign Office in Whitehall.

The 28-year-old was charged with two counts of assaulting an "emergency services worker" and a public order offence.



Mr Abbott-Thompson appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court on Monday and is expected to return at the City of London magistrates’ court on February 7.



In a statement on Tuesday, Scotland Yard said: “A man has been charged with assault following an incident at around 2.45pm Friday Nov 29 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in King Charles Street, Westminster.



“James Adam Abbott-Thompson, 28, was charged on Sunday Dec 1 with two counts of assault by beating of an emergency services worker.

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“He was further charged with an offence under Section 4 of the Public Order Act.”



Ms Abbott did not comment when initially approached by the newspaper.



In the upcoming election, Ms Abbott is defending a heavy majority in her Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat.



In the 2017 general election, Ms Abbott increased her majority to more than 35,000 in the seat, which she has held since 1987. JUST IN: Election 2019 warning: Boris says Britain faces ‘starkest choice’

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Away from Ms Abbott’s seat, in a poll produced by YouGov for Sky News on Tuesday, the Tories have maintained a lead ahead of Labour despite dropping one point.



Overall, YouGov interviewed a total of 1,699 adults on Monday and Tuesday.



The poll put the Tories at 42 percent with Labour also down one points on 33.



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In order to try and overturn the Tory lead, Labour has put forward a raft of ambitious policies to win back voters.



If the party wins the election on December 12, Labour has announced plans to slash rail fares by 33 percent and simplify ticket prices for part-time workers.



Speaking on the pledge, Andy McDonald, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, said that the party must get commuters into public transport and out of cars.



He told BBC’s Today programme: “Our pledge is much overdue given that passengers have had to suffer rises amounting to about 40 percent since 2010.

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“And if we really want to make the shifts that we need to get people from cars into public transport this is a major contribution to it because obviously that's critical to addressing the climate change crisis.”



Mr Shapps also insisted that privatisation had “created one of the most expensive ticketing systems in the world”.



Conservative transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, however, labelled the plan as desperate.

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