Labour MP has apologised for comments made in a WhatsApp chat, after Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister over messages he sent to the same group. Burnley MP Oliver Ryan said in a statement that comments he made in the group "were completely unacceptable" and he regretted "not speaking out at the time".

In a statement on X, Oliver Ryan apologised for remarks he made which he "would not make today", and said he would "cooperate fully" with the Labour investigation.

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Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour Party over “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group. Mr Ryan said he was a member of the WhatsApp chat that 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”.

A Labour MP who was sacked as a minister by Sir Keir Starmer over comments made in a WhatsApp group has said he regrets the "badly misjudged" remarks.

It comes after the Mail on Sunday published a series of offensive messages apparently sent by the parliamentarian in a group chat, prompting his sacking by Keir Starmer.