Labour chaos over the future of Diane Abbott as Keir Starmer insists leftwing Corbyn ally has NOT been banned from standing at the election after being branded 'disgraceful' over attempts to get her out of the Commons
The opposition leader tried to bat away criticism amid reports that the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP, a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, had been told she could not run on July 4.