Oliver Ryan suspended as Labour MP over Whatsapp messages

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended from the Labour parliamentary party over his membership of a WhatsApp group which contained offensive messages.

Ryan was summoned to a meeting with the chief whip after the Mail on Sunday published the messages.

Ahead of the meeting he issued an apology in which he said the comments in the group had been “completely unacceptable” and he regretted “not speaking out at the time”.

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