Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has become the second MP to be suspended from the Labour parliamentary party over his membership of a WhatsApp group which contained offensive messages. Ryan was summoned to a meeting with Chief Whip Sir Alan Campbell, after the Mail on Sunday published the messages.

Two Labour MPs have now been suspended from the party after “offensive” messages from a WhatsApp group they were members of were leaked.

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour Party over “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group. Mr Ryan confirmed he was a member of the WhatsApp chat that Gorton and Denton MP Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister over and apologised for some of his own comments “which I deeply regret and would not make today”.

Oliver Ryan is the second MP to lose the whip over leaked messages from the "Trigger me timbers" chat, after Health Minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked from his post and suspended by Labour

The MP for Burnley said he "deeply regrets" comments he made in a WhatsApp group created by Andrew Gwynne - who was sacked as a health minister over the weekend.

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Three Labour councillors have resigned after being caught up in a scandal over leaked WhatsApp chats. Health minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked after a newspaper revealed he sent a string of offensive and abusive WhatsApp messages.

Gay MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended by Labour for his involvement with a WhatsApp group in which he allegedly mocked another MP’s sexuality. Ryan, who overturned a Tory majority to win his Burnley seat last year,