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.

The Labour MPs who posted offensive comments in a controversial WhatsApp group should quit parliament, according to a Labour MP. Andrew Gwynne and Oliver Ryan have both been suspended by the party after the messages were revealed by the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.

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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.

Three Labour councillors have resigned after being caught up in a scandal over leaked WhatsApp chats. Health minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked after a newspaper revealed he sent a string of offensive and abusive WhatsApp messages.

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”.