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, after the Mail on Sunday published the messages.

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”.

Two Labour MPs have now been suspended from the party after “offensive” messages from a WhatsApp group they were members of were leaked.

Oliver Ryan, the MP for Burnley who was elected last summer, has also been sacked for his involvement 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.

Labour has suspended eleven councillors in Greater Manchester as part of an investigation into a WhatsApp group where offensive messages were shared. Labour suspended Burnley MP Oliver Ryan on Tuesday over his membership of the group. He followed Andrew Gwynne, who was also sacked as a health minister, in losing the Labour whip.

The move comes after Andrew Gwynne was sacked as health minister over the weekend over messages posted in an internal WhatsApp group.