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Diane Abbott is "free" to stand as a Labour candidate in the General Election, said Sir Keir Starmer

Diane Abbott says she is standing for Labour and denies she was offered peerage by Starmer

Diane Abbott is "free" to stand as a Labour candidate in the General Election, said Sir Keir Starmer

Labour denies left-wing MPs offered peerages to make way for allies of Starmer

Diane Abbott is "free" to stand as a Labour candidate in the General Election, said Sir Keir Starmer

Left-wing Labour MPs 'offered peerages to stop them from standing again' amid Abbott row

Diane Abbott is "free" to stand as a Labour candidate in the General Election, said Sir Keir Starmer

Diane Abbott 'free' to stand as Labour candidate in General Election, Keir Starmer confirms

Angela Rayner has defended Diane Abbott amid an ongoing row over the MP's future

'No reason' why Diane Abbott can't stand in general election as Labour MP, says Angela Rayner

Diane Abbott has insisted she will fight to stand in the General Election

‘I will not be intimidated’: Diane Abbott vows to fight General Election despite being ‘banned’ from standing for Labour

Diane Abbott MP addresses a crowd of supporters in Hackney

‘I will not let myself be intimidated’: Diane Abbott insists she will stand for election after being ‘barred’ by Labour

Labour's Wes Streeting was speaking to LBC's Lewis Goodall

Lewis Goodall clashes with Wes Streeting, accusing Labour of 'pure factionalism' over Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott has said she has been blocked from standing as an MP at the election

Diane Abbott barred by Labour from standing for the party at the general election

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'This is trivia': Kemi Badenoch hits out at continued furore over Tory donor 'racism' row

'This is trivia': Kemi Badenoch hits out at continued furore over Tory donor 'racism' row

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The author of the Forde report has said he is 'at a loss' as to why it has taken so long to restore the whip to Ms Abbot.

‘Others have had it restored after worse things’: Forde report author says, as calls grow to return whip to Diane Abbott

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have led an anti-hate protest to the Home Office - as demonstrators march in support of Diane Abbott after she was targeted for abuse by a Tory donor.

'It's been a difficult week': Diane Abbott thanks marchers who joined allies at anti-hate protest after Tory donor row

Tory donor who said Diane Abbott 'should be shot' gives further £5m to party after he is reported to police over race row

Tory donor who said Diane Abbott 'should be shot' gives 'further £5m' to party after he is reported to police

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Keir Starmer has refused to say if Labour will let Diane Abbott back in the party

Keir Starmer refuses to say if Diane Abbott will be allowed back into Labour over 'offensive' letter despite race row

Diane Abbott reports Tory donor Frank Hester to police over comments saying MP 'should be shot'

Diane Abbott stood up 46 times to talk about race row at PMQs but was denied - as she reports Tory donor to police

Speaker faces angry backlash for not picking Diane Abbott to speak over ‘racism’ scandal at PMQs

Speaker faces angry backlash for not picking Diane Abbott to speak over ‘racism’ scandal at PMQs

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