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.

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.

A second 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".

The Labour Party ignored repeated warnings about Andrew Gwynne’s “vile” WhatsApp comments months before they were made public, The Telegraph can reveal. A former Labour council leader said he complained about the MP’s messages to a party official several times in the last year, but his concerns were ignored.

Burnley’s Labour MP Oliver Ryan – being investigated by the Labour Party over his “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group – should quit Parliament say his local political rivals.

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has become the second MP to be suspended from the Labour parliamentary party over his membership of a WhatsApp group which contained offensive messages. Ryan was summoned to a meeting with Chief Whip Sir Alan Campbell,

Gerald Cooney, the former Labour leader of Tameside council in Greater Manchester, said he had complained about Andrew Gwynne’s remarks several times.

MP has lost the Labour whip over his membership of a WhatsApp group containing offensive comments, after a Greater Manchester MP was sacked as a minister for his involvement. Former Tameside councillor Oliver Ryan,

Labour MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended by his party due to his membership of a WhatsApp group which included offensive comments. The MP lost the whip after facing an investigation over the messages and was scheduled to meet with the chief whip today.

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”.