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The Latest Breaking News from Diane Abbott

Tories slam party's response to donor who reportedly said Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women'

Frank Hester has admitted making ‘rude’ comments about the politician but said they had ‘nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin’

Evening Standard

Labour calls on Sunak to return Frank Hester’s £10m Tory donation

Donor told colleagues looking at Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’ and she ‘should be shot’

The Guardian - UK

Biggest Tory donor said looking at Diane Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all black women’

Exclusive: Remarks by Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the party in the past year, raise questions over his workplace behaviour

The Guardian - UK

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Oxford dons plot to stop Rory Stewart becoming university chancellor

Lawyer Lady Elish Angiolini could stand to beat the former MP

Evening Standard

Azhar Ali row: how Keir Starmer has handled other members’ behaviour

Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and Sam Tarry are among those who have tested the Labour leader

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer backs Yemen bombing and issues stern warning to ‘terror sponsors’ Iran

Exclusive: In an article for The Independent, the Labour leader doubles down on support for UK and US action and demands Iran-backed rebels stop Red Sea attacks, as a new missile strike turns up the heat in the Middle East

The Independent UK

‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more

The acclaimed writer and poet for children and adults has died aged 65. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute

The Guardian - UK

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Labour MP resignations this year: Who has stood down?

Nick Brown, the former chief whip, is the latest party figure to announce his resignation

Evening Standard

Inspirational Black British women you should know about

The Black British women who have helped shape history

Evening Standard

Tens of thousands sign petition supporting Tube driver suspended over Palestine chant

TfL is accused of being ‘hypocritical’ after support for Ukraine was encouraged on London’s travel network

The Independent UK

List of suspended MPs since the start of 2023

A few MPs have been suspended, with the possibility of Conservartive MP Peter Bone joining the list

Evening Standard

Protest increases pressure on Starmer to restore Labour whip to Diane Abbott

Demonstration planned in Liverpool to call for return of London MP who was ousted after a racism row

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy slams Tory ‘politics of division’ and vows message of unity at Labour conference

Shadow Foreign Secretary says Britain is a better place than the vision painted by Suella Braverman

Evening Standard

Could Antoinette Fernandez be the next Diane Abbott?

The Nigerian-born activist is the first Black female Green Party candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Hannah Ghorashi meets her and discovers a unique riches-to-rags story

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Diane Abbott accuses Labour of ‘fraudulent’ inquiry into racism comments

MP says investigation sparked by a letter to the Observer seen as arguing there is a hierarchy of racism is being run out of party HQ

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott claims she won’t get fair hearing over ‘antisemitic’ letter because she is a Black woman

MP hits out at Labour leadership as she breaks silence on antisemitism row

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott launches attack on Starmer and Labour over race complaint handling

The veteran MP, who was stripped of the Labour whip in April, said the investigation into her comments was ‘fraudulent’

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott says migrants ‘f****d off to bottom of sea’ after Lee Anderson remark

MP deletes ‘obscene’ tweet referencing Lee Anderson’s remarks after outrage

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The Independent UK

Diane Abbott criticised over tweet about drowned migrants

The now-deleted post was a response to a comment made by Lee Anderson, the deputy chairman of the Conservative party.

The National (Scotland)

Downing Street says minister's Lee Anderson defence was 'on behalf of Government'

DOWNING Street has confirmed that the Justice Secretary was “speaking on behalf of the Government” when he defended Lee Anderson telling…

The Guardian - UK

Labour must better support aspiring black MPs, says Bernie Grant’s widow

Exclusive: Sharon Grant, wife of the late Tottenham MP, criticises party’s progress on BAME representation

Manchester Evening News

Gagged on Zoom and late night emails - dealing with Manchester United players

Hardly any of the current Man United players are impolite and there has been a mentality shift under Erik ten Hag. It was different before he arrived.

Daily Mirror

Stop and search plans blasted as Suella Braverman defends use on young Black men

The Home Secretary defended the disproportionate use of stop and search on young Black men by saying they are more likely to be victims of knife crime

Daily Mirror

Top Labour politicians pay tribute to Glenda Jackson who has died aged 87

Senior figures from Keir Starmer's party recalled their time working with the double Oscar-winning actress, who had a successful second career as a respected parliamentarian

The Guardian - UK

Society exposes us all to anti-Jewish tropes and attitudes. The first step is to notice them

The Richard Sharp cartoon caused deep distress because it heightenedthe feeling that others don’t understand or care about antisemitism.That must change, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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