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.

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

Burnley’s Labour MP Oliver Ryan – being investigated by the Labour Party over his “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group – should quit Parliament say his local political rivals.

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 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.

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.