Overview
- Officers cordoned Parliament Square and Millbank before 7:30 a.m., evacuating people from College Green near the parliamentary estate.
- A remote-controlled bomb-disposal robot inspected the package, which contained undelivered cards addressed to minister Miatta Fahnbulleh.
- The Metropolitan Police assessed the item as non-suspicious and stood down the response, allowing access to resume shortly afterward.
- Initial reports suggesting a controlled explosion were later corrected as police and subsequent inspection confirmed no detonation occurred.
- The alert briefly disrupted one of the final working mornings before the Christmas recess, causing delays for commuters and media crews.