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.

Labour has suspended a second MP, Oliver Ryan, over his membership of a WhatsApp group containing offensive comments, the party has confirmed.

Eleven Labour councillors have been suspended as part of the party's probe into vile WhatsApp comments posted - MPs Oliver Ryan and Andrew Gwynne have also been suspended

Labour has suspended 11 councillors in Greater Manchester as part of an investigation into a WhatsApp group where offensive messages were shared. The group, revealed by the Mail on Sunday over the weekend, has already led to the suspension of two Labour MPs in the region.

The Mail on Sunday exposed a secret Labour WhatsApp group called Trigger Me Timbers, where Gwynne allegedly posted a crude "joke" about a 72-year-old constituent: "Dear resident, Fuck your bins. I'm re-elected and without your vote.