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Diane Abbott had party whip withdrawn in April 2023 after she suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experienced prejudice but not racism
As General Election campaigning reaches the middle of its first full weeks both parties will be out in their battleground seats explaining to voters exactly what they will do for them.
Diane Abbott has said she is "banned" from standing as a Labour candidate in July's General Election.
The veteran MP was suspended in April 2023 over comments she made on racism.
Sir Keir Starmer has denied Diane Abbott's claim that she's been banned from standing for Labour at the general election. It comes after she had the whip restored yesterday, more than a year after she was suspended.