Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended from the Labour Party for his role in the WhatsApp group scandal

Second Labour MP suspended over WhatsApp group scandal

A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid a row over alleged sexist, homophobic and racist messages in a constituency WhatsApp group.

Labour has announced that Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been administratively suspended from the party after a meeting with the chief whip Sir Alan Campbell this afternoon.

The scandal had already cost Andrew Gwynne his job as a junior health minister, and now Mr Ryan, who used to be his assistant, has also been suspended by the party.