Diane Abbott

The ex-shadow home secretary is no longer suspended but says she will not be allowed to stand for the party.

Britain's first Black female MP says whip has been restored but party will not permit her to be election candidate.

The veteran Labour MP had the party whip restored on Tuesday, but will not be able to stand for it on 4 July, she told the BBC.

MP confirms she has been given back Labour whip but will not be allowed to stand as party's candidate.

Veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott has said she was “dismayed” at the prospect she could be banned from standing for the the party as a row over her position ...

Labour has restored the whip to the previously suspended MP Diane Abbott, and faces fresh pressure to let her stand under the Labour banner at the general ...

Diane Abbott had party whip withdrawn in April 2023 after she suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experienced prejudice but not racism.

Speaking to Sky News while on a train for the opening of the Levenmouth rail link, Scotland's First Minister John Swinney described the situation with Ms ...

Keir Starmer says it is 'not true' that Diane Abbott is barred from standing as a Labour candidate.

With clarity still lacking over whether the country's first black female MP will be able to stand for her party, it is a distraction from an otherwise slick ...

British Labour MP Diane Abbott has not been barred from standing in the UK general election, the party's leader Keir Starmer has said.

Even those who are not natural allies are concerned about the cack-handed treatment of the veteran MP.

Labour leader says MP's suspension has been lifted but no decision taken on if she can be a party candidate.

If this is how the party deals with its own MP, how will it treat our communities once it's in power, asks Maurice Mcleod, a Labour councillor and ...

Comments at rally in east London follow Keir Starmer's denial that the Hackney MP would be barred from standing in the election.

Hackney North and Stoke Newington voters express anger and unease – and most say MP should be allowed to stand.

Diane Abbott spoke to supporters at rally outside Hackney Town Hall on Wednesday evening.

In today's newsletter: What explains the treatment of Britain's first Black female MP – and is it part of a pattern?

Diane Abbott has promised to stay on as an MP for her east London constituency 'for as long as possible', setting up a clash with Keir Starmer after a deal ...

Labour veteran Diane Abbott accused Keir Starmer of an “appalling” cull of left-wingers as she faced continued uncertainty about her own political future.

Faiza Shaheen deselected and Lloyd Russell-Moyle suspended, as Abbott vows to stay on for 'as long as it is possible'

The veteran MP criticises her party's candidate selection, but Labour insists there has been no purge.

It breaks my heart to see the way Diane is being treated. I say that as someone from a different wing of the Labour party.

Diane Abbot's future is still unknown while two other candidates on the Labour left have been blocked from standing.

Exclusive: Deputy leader says Abbott has not been treated fairly by some and confirms she has not been barred from running.

Diane Abbott says Labour has "banned" her as a candidate - but the deputy leader seems to suggest otherwise.

Labour's Diane Abbott has accused her party of getting rid of left-wing candidates like herself.