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The Latest Breaking News from Diane Abbott

NHS England chief condemns Frank Hester’s ‘racist, sexist and violent’ remarks

In an update to healthcare leaders, Amanda Pritchard expresses shock at entrepreneur’s comments about Diane Abbott

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Britain’s non-white political class: supporting change by embodying it

Editorial: The success of the three political leaders should not be seen as a repudiation of the existence of racism itself

The Guardian - UK

My late husband, Bernie Grant, received vicious abuse like Diane Abbott

Letter: Sharon Grant calls on the Labour party to address its deep-seated problems with race and the abuse that its black MPs have received for decades

The Guardian - UK

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Diane Abbott is Proof That as a Black Woman, You Are Held to Higher Standards and Criticised More Harshly

It's no surprise so many black women support Diane Abbott — they know how it feels to be vilified

Marie Claire

Rishi Sunak hints the Tories would accept another £5 million from racism storm donor Frank Hester

The PM’s delay in branding the donor’s outburst as racist has added to disquiet among some Tory MPs over his leadership

Evening Standard

Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch

Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from Frank Hester

The Guardian - UK

Frank Hester’s TPP employed Conservative peer as trade envoy in 2016

Exclusive: Lady Manzoor was paid £148,000 for the part-time role, showing Hester’s party links date back further than first thought

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Diverse cabinet is no ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ on racism, says ex-No 10 adviser

Samuel Kasumu ‘frustrated and disappointed’, as minister denies Tories have a problem after Frank Hester row

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s refusal to give up the Frank Hester gold proves his principles have a price point

If the Tory party won’t relinquish the millions from its disgraced donor, it will be saying it doesn’t have a problem being associated with racism

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Sunak flown to Leeds for private tour of Frank Hester’s office weeks after £5m donation

Fresh questions raised over Tory donor’s access to prime minister following November visit

The Guardian - UK

Britain is not without its problems. But Vaughan Gething proves how diverse it really is

The UK now has ethnic minority leadership in Downing Street, Scotland and Wales – and it hardly even counts as a surprise, says the director of British Future

The Guardian - UK

Sunak under pressure to say how many times he has met Tory donor Frank Hester

Exclusive: photograph of Sunak with Hester at Tory fundraiser last June raises further questions for prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott thanks supporters at anti-racism rally in east London

Hackney MP tells large crowd ‘this is not about me, this is about the level of racism in Britain’

The Guardian - UK

Health workers’ unions call for Frank Hester to lose NHS contracts

BMA says Tory donor should resign from his company as questions grow about how many times Hester has met Sunak

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This Tory long goodbye is toxic for the country – and making Labour’s job ever harder

The greater the wait until the election, the more reassurance Labour must provide. And that weakens its future mandate, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

‘Nope, no way’: can the Tories afford to give Frank Hester’s money back?

Unwillingness to hand back £15m in donations despite uproar may show frailty of financial firepower

The Guardian - UK

Frank Hester racism row: how key figures reacted to remarks about Diane Abbott

Tory donor has been widely condemned over racist and misogynistic comments about prominent black MP

Al Jazeera

Black Britons fear for Diane Abbott after a millionaire’s call for violence

A top Tory donor said the veteran politician, affectionately called ‘Auntie Di’ by her supporters, should be shot.

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Evening Standard

Diane Abbott says Labour leadership determined to keep her out of parliamentary party

Party insists a long-running investigation into Abbott should not be conflated with its support for her now over a Tory donor ‘racism’ row

The Guardian - UK

GPs call for health tech boss Frank Hester to resign after Abbott remarks

BMA committee votes in emergency motion after Tory donor’s comments about MP condemned as racist and misogynist

The Guardian - UK

The threat to MPs is real. But Michael Gove’s empty extremism plans will do nothing to tackle it

Politicians should be able to differ in their views without their opponents wishing them dead. Can parliament unite around that principle? asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

In Britain’s degraded politics, fighting racism has become a cynical game

This goes far beyond a Tory donor’s racist comments about Diane Abbott, and Labour’s opportunistic response, says sociology professor Gary Younge

Evening Standard

Tories 'given further £5million' from 'racist rant' donor Frank Hester

The healthcare entrepreneur allegedly said Diane Abbott made him ‘want to hate all black women’

The Guardian - UK

I’d like Diane Abbott to be Labour MP again, says Angela Rayner

Deputy leader also says she does not know why Abbott has not received an apology about racism she has faced within party

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott’s chances of getting whip back appear remote despite Hester row

Senior figures including deputy leader want to see MP back in fold but Starmer is firm that he does not want to ‘conflate’ issues

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