Second Labour MP under investigation by party over WhatsApp group comments after Andrew Gwynne sacking
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA second Labour MP - a former councillor in Tameside - has apologised over comments in a WhatsApp group after Gorton and Denton MP Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a government minister.
It has been confirmed that Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour Party over 'unacceptable and deeply disappointing' comments in the group.
Mr Ryan confirmed he was a member of the WhatsApp chat that Mr Gwynne was sacked as a minister over and apologised for some of his own comments 'which [he] deeply regrets and would not make today'.
The chief whip will be speaking with Mr Ryan and 'no action is off the table', a government source told the PA news agency. The WhatsApp group called Trigger Me Timbers hit the headlines this weekend.
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