Diane Abbott not barred from standing for Labour candidate, Sir Keir Starmer says

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said that veteran MP Diane Abbott has not been blocked from standing for Labour, and ‘no decision has been taken’.

Britain’s first black woman MP was suspended from the party last year over comments she made about Jewish people not facing racism. She apologised shortly after it was published.

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