Veteran MP Diane Abbott failed to declare more than £40,000 of earnings on time to parliamentary officials, it has been revealed. The 72-year-old blamed 'the pressures of work' for breaching House of ...

The longest-serving female MP, who holds the title Mother of the House, said ‘colour blindness’ when it comes to education is ‘rampant’.

For context, in 2023, Abbott wrote in a letter to The Observer that while Irish, Jewish and Traveller communities experience prejudice, they don’t experience racism in the same way as Black people.

Whether or not you approve of Keir Starmer’s ruthless action against rebellious Labour MPs yesterday, he has at least drawn a line in the sand which other Labour colleagues would do well not to cross.

The Deputy Prime Minister was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer while the Prime Minister attends Cop30 in Brazil.

Diane Abbott advised Jeremy Corbyn against setting up a new political party, she said, over concerns it would struggle to get a foothold in Britain because of the voting system. Ms Abbott, who served ...