No-one has ever described Diane Abbott as a riddle or a mystery, let alone an enigma. If ever an MP were frustratingly – or, if you prefer, reassuringly – predictable, it’s her. Abbott’s ...

Diane Abbott row becomes 'barnacle on the boat' for Labour With clarity still lacking over whether the country's first black female MP will be able to stand for her party, it is a distraction from ...

Labour MP Diane Abbott told ITV News that "the people around Keir Starmer were determined to get rid of me, in the same way they got rid of Jeremy Corbyn".

Diane Abbott and Sir Edward Leigh, the longest-serving female and male MPs, will vote against the assisted dying Bill next week and have urged their colleagues to do the same. The Labour and ...

Diane Abbott was elected as Britain's first black female MP in 1987. But in her 37-year career, the trailblazing MP has been no stranger to controversy and has often provoked the ire of her own ...

MP Diane Abbott has claimed Sir Keir Starmer treated her as a ‘non-person’ after a Tory donor made racist comments about her. The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington claimed she was ...

Peter Mandelson tried to ensure black MPs failed, claims Diane Abbott Ms Abbott claimed the influential Labour figure refused to give her a media briefing ...

Labour MP Diane Abbott has accused Sir Keir Starmer of treating her as a "non-person" during the row over racist comments made about her by a Tory donor. Abbott said Frank Hester's comments, which ...

Diane Abbott has accused Keir Starmer of treating her like “a non-person” during the row over a Tory donor saying she “should be shot”. Britain’s first black female MP received an ...

No-one has ever described Diane Abbott as a riddle or a mystery, let alone an enigma. If ever an MP were frustratingly – or, if you prefer, reassuringly – predictable, it’s her. Abbott’s views on ...