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 Chief ...

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour Party over “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group. Mr Ryan confirmed he was a member of the WhatsApp chat that ...

The MP is being investigated for "actions causing significant damage to the reputation of the House as a whole, or of its ...

Oliver Ryan, the Labour MP for Burnley ... Earlier this month, he said he regretted “badly misjudged” comments in the WhatsApp group, named Trigger Me Timbers, after he was sacked by Sir ...

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan and 11 councillors in Greater Manchester, who were members of the WhatsApp group, were also suspended by the Labour Party. At the time, Downing Street said the prime ...

Grandmother Elaine Cole said the suspended Labour MP and former government minister Andrew Gwynne described her as a 'hag' in the controversial WhatsApp group 'Trigger Me Timbers' ...

By Will Dunn You are probably aware of the recent sacking of health minister Andrew Gwynne, and the suspension of another Labour MP, Oliver Ryan, over WhatsApp messages the government described as ...

A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid a row over alleged sexist, homophobic and racist messages in a constituency WhatsApp group. Labour has announced that Burnley MP Oliver ...

A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party for comments made in a WhatsApp group. The Labour Party confirmed Oliver Ryan has had the whip removed, meaning he will now sit as an independent ...