Category: Diane Abbott

UK immigration laws ‘cannot be uncoupled from racism’, say minority ethnic MPs

Twenty-five MPs tell home secretary ‘urgent reflection’ is needed after report on origins of Windrush scandalTwenty-five black, Asian and minority ethnic MPs have written to the home secretary telling her that the...

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Deluge of abuse sent on X to prominent UK politicians in election period

Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Diane Abbott, Suella Braverman and Sadiq Khan received between them 85,000 abusive messages, study findsThe UK’s most prominent politicians were subjected to a deluge of abuse on X during the...

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Yvette Cooper says ‘disgraceful scenes’ of election candidate abuse must end

Ministers will meet to address what the home secretary called an alarming rise in intimidation of politiciansAn alarming rise in candidate intimidation during the UK’s general election campaign will be addressed next week...

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Starmer praises Abbott and hails diverse Commons in first speech to parliament as PM – UK politics live

Parliament the most diverse by race and gender the country has ever seen, says Starmer, with the largest cohort of LGBT+ MPs in the worldDowning Street has released a full version of what Keir Starmer said in his opening remarks...

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