Diane Abbott and Joani Reid regain Labour whip after disciplinary cases
Labour has restored the whip to MPs Diane Abbott and Joani Reid after separate disciplinary processes, with the party saying its leadership was not involved.
Diane Abbott and Joani Reid have been readmitted to the Labour Party and had the parliamentary whip restored after separate disciplinary processes, according to the party. The decisions came less than two weeks into Andy Burnham’s premiership.
Labour said the leadership took no part in either case. Abbott, a long-serving MP, said she had apologised for earlier remarks and had received a formal warning.
The whip is the party instruction that allows MPs to sit and vote as Labour members in the Commons. Its restoration means both MPs are again able to take the party line in Parliament.
Abbott had been suspended after comments that prompted disciplinary action, while Reid’s case was handled separately. Labour has not said the processes were linked, and the party has presented both outcomes as the result of independent procedures.
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