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The central London home of Conservative shadow defence secretary Liam Fox has been burgled, Tory sources have said.Dr Fox had been due to outline the Tories' armed forces manifesto on Thursday morning but the launch was cancelled at short notice.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Police were called at 0720 BST to an address in SE1 to reports of a burglary."
Conservative sources said a laptop and a mobile telephone were stolen from Dr Fox's car during the burglary.
He is understood to have been alone in the house at the time of the burglary on Wednesday night.
Tory sources said briefing documents were not stolen but were unable to say what was on the laptop.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.