MP Andy McDonald has Labour whip restored after inquiry

Andy McDonald told the pro-Palestine rally: ‘We won’t rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty.’ Photograph: JEP News/Alamy

Andy McDonald has had the Labour whip reinstated after a “lengthy” investigation over comments he made at a pro-Palestine rally last year.

The senior Labour MP, who represents Middlesbrough, was placed on precautionary suspension in October after the party said he had made “deeply offensive comments”.