Labour MP Jess Phillips has been forced to increase security after receiving death threats.

The outspoken Birmingham MP tweeted a picture showing a locksmith making the home she shares with her young children more secure after facing fresh intimidation.

Ms Phillips vowed to "keep going" after facing a torrent of abuse on social media in recent months, including threats of rape on Twitter.

Conservative MP Nicholas Soames said he was "horrified" by the way the Birmingham Yardley MP was being treated.

In a message to her on Twitter, he said: "I am so horrified to hear of your grotesque treatment and pray all is well with you and your family."

Labour's leadership has been criticised for the way it has handled social media abuse directed at female MPs, particularly attacks made by Jeremy Corbyn supporters.

Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon said: "I have been deeply shocked and saddened by the way a minority of my parliamentary colleagues have treated party members on Twitter, in person and at meetings.

"MPs deserve to be treated with respect, but so do Labour members. As MPs, we need to understand it's not 'all about us'.

"That's why I haven't been press-releasing the energetic but failed attempts by a tiny minority of MPs to bully and intimidate myself and other MPs who support the leader of the Labour Party."

In June, Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire, in a shooting and stabbing attack that shocked Britain and the rest of the world.

The murder reignited an ongoing debate about the safety and security of MPs, and has been followed by a number of death threats directed towards female MPs.