Article 6V5HK More Labour figures may be suspended as party investigates WhatsApp group

More Labour figures may be suspended as party investigates WhatsApp group

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Josh Halliday North of England editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6V5HK)

Minister says Labour is looking into whole incident' as Andrew Gwynne sacked over allegedly offensive messages

Labour has launched an urgent investigation into a WhatsApp group in which the Labour MP Andrew Gwynne posted completely unacceptable" messages, a minister has said.

Gwynne, 50, was sacked as a health minister after reports he shared racist remarks about Diane Abbott and sexist comments about Angela Rayner, and joked about an elderly woman dying before the next election.

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