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 was elected as Britain's first black female MP in 1987. ... A high-profile figure on the left of the party, Ms Abbott has spent most of her 36-year career making waves on the backbenches.

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". | ITV National News ...

Diane Abbott has said Peter Mandelson declined to give her media training when she was a Labour Party candidate, claiming he and others at the top of the party “tried to ensure black people ...

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 ...

I have never forgotten the day Diane Abbott, the UK’s first black female MP, walked into Parliament in a zany, satiny jacket and skirt, her face lit by a dazzling smile. It was June 1987, and ...

Readers seeking "juicy political gossip" won't find it in Diane Abbott's memoir, "A Woman Like Me", said Gaby Hinsliff in The Guardian. But "whatever you make" of Britain's first Black female MP ...

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 ...

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 ...