Two Labour MPs have now been suspended from the party after “offensive” messages from a WhatsApp group they were members of were leaked.

Labour MP has been suspended from the party over comments he made in a Whatsapp group where a government minister made racist and sexist remarks. Burnley MP Oliver Ryan apologised last night for remarks ‘which I deeply regret and would not make today’ in the chat.

A Labour MP who was sacked as a minister by Sir Keir Starmer over comments made in a WhatsApp group has said he regrets the “badly misjudged” remarks. Andrew Gwynne, the MP for Gorton and Denton, has been sacked as health minister and suspended from the Labour Party.