The Latest Breaking News from Diane Abbott

Shadow Chancellor rules out the former leader standing for Labour after an antisemitism row

Natalie Elphicke is the third Conservative MP to defect to Labour since the last election – but the first Tory rightwinger. She had enthusiastically backed Brexit, and was a member of the eurosceptic European Research Group of Conservative MPs. She has attacked Labour’s “softness on immigration” and harshly criticised trade…

Anneliese Dodds drew the short straw and was sent out to pretend Nat had always been Labour through and through

Newest Labour MP apologises for comments about Charlie Elphicke’s victims amid criticism of her admission to party

Comments made after Charlie Elphicke jailed for two years criticised by new colleagues in Labour party

The move piles pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to do the same for veteran MP Diane Abbott

What do the careers of Diane Abbott, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell tell us about political success?

Al Jazeera said it will pursue available legal channels to protect its journalists from Israel’s ‘slanderous’ shutdown.

An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years

General election candidates include Monty Panesar but party says it will not stand against Corbyn or Abbott if they run as independents

Richard Holden says Hester apologised for remarks about Diane Abbott and ‘we should accept that’