Eleven Labour councillors have been suspended as part of the party's probe into vile WhatsApp comments posted - MPs Oliver Ryan and Andrew Gwynne have also been suspended

The move is part of the party's investigation into an offensive group chat that has already seen the suspension of a then-Health Minister and a Burnley MP.

Eleven Labour councillors have been suspended from the party over their membership of a WhatsApp group that has already seen two MPs lose the whip. Former health minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked over the weekend for offensive messages sent in the group, named “ Trigger Me Timbers”.

Oliver Ryan is the second MP to lose the whip over leaked messages from the "Trigger me timbers" chat, after Health Minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked from his post and suspended by Labour

The MP for Burnley said he "deeply regrets" comments he made in a WhatsApp group created by Andrew Gwynne - who was sacked as a health minister over the weekend.

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour Party over “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group. Mr Ryan confirmed he was a member of the WhatsApp chat that Gorton and Denton MP Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister over and apologised for some of his own comments “which I deeply regret and would not make today”.