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Diane Abbott says she is ‘banned’ from standing as Labour candidate in election

DIANE Abbott has said she is “banned” from standing as a Labour candidate in the General Election.

The National (Scotland) · May 29, 2024

Six televised rounds of Starmer v Sunak? I can’t imagine anything worse

These debates are rarely useful, let alone enlightening. Let’s have a head-to-head of progressive parties instead, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024

Diane Abbott: I'm being barred from standing as a Labour MP at the general election

The veteran MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington was given the Labour whip back on Tuesday

Evening Standard · May 29, 2024

SNP will push Labour government towards left-wing, John Swinney says

FIRST Minister of Scotland John Swinney has said the SNP will push a Labour government left as he called for Keir Starmer's party to fully…

The National (Scotland) · May 29, 2024

Labour pledge to boost sick pay rights for low-paid workers

Exclusive: Labour will scrap the lower earnings threshold for statutory sick pay and make workers eligible from day one of falling ill

The Independent UK · May 28, 2024

Labour's £1.4billion vow to wipe NHS backlog in London in five years

The party pledges an extra 40,000 appointments, scans, and operations a week

Evening Standard · May 28, 2024

Diane Abbott 'has Labour whip restored but is banned from standing for party'

DIANE Abbott has had the Labour whip restored less than one day after Keir Starmer’s claims that an internal party probe into her was still…

The National (Scotland) · May 28, 2024

Manufacturing dissent: welcome to the political excesses of the election campaign

Rishi Sunak is so palpably convinced he can’t win he’s promising any old mad thing. Meanwhile, the Lib Dems are falling off kayaks

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2024

Three Labour names in frame with Diane Abbott’s candidacy in doubt

Three activists with links to Hackney constituency widely talked about as possible replacements to stand for election

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2024

Diane Abbott gets Labour whip back but trail-blazing MP not expected to stand in election

Ms Abbott was an independent MP when Parliament was prorogued on Friday, May 24, ahead of the General Election on July 4

Evening Standard · May 28, 2024