Labour has launched an investigation into Abbott's defence of a 2023 letter to a newspaper in which she said people of colour experienced racism "all their lives", which was different from the "prejudice" experienced by Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers.

Diane Abbott is suspended from Labour for a second time after she doubles down on racism comments - The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP was previously suspended by the Labour Party in 2023

Exchequer secretary to the Treasury James Murray said it was ‘absolutely not the case’ that Number 10 had wanted Ms Abbott to out of the party.