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MP Diane Abbott has sat as an independent since April last year after Labour withdrew the whip following comments over the Jewish, Irish and Traveller communities

Michael Gove said the Muslim Association of Britain, Cage and Mend and the neo-nazi British National Socialist Movement and Patriotic Alternative will be assessed for extremism

It’s understood Frank Hester has donated another £5million to the Tories since January - a figure the Tories did not deny - on top of the £10million he had already handed the party

In a fiery PMQs exchange Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, and other MPs discussed a Tory donor's racist comments about Diane Abbott - but the veteran MP was not chosen to ask the PM a question

They wouldn’t begin to explain how I feel as not just a young woman, but a young Black woman. The attack on Diane Abbott was an attack on all Black women for just… existing, writes Serena Richards

Diane Abbott was not selected to ask a question during a fiery Prime Minister's Questions exchange that centred on racist comments made by a Tory donor about her

Conservative Minister Kevin Hollinrake made the extraordinary admission as the Government battles the move on from the row over Frank Hester's alleged comments about Diane Abbott

Businessman Frank Hester, who gifted the Tories £10million, allegedly said seeing Diane Abbott on TV made him 'want to hate all Black women' and that she should be 'shot'

The arrogance of the government spokesman trying to claim the remarks were not gender or race-based would be laughable if this wasn’t so serious, writes Darren Lewis

The PM earlier declined to say whether millionaire Frank Hester’s alleged comments that Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' were racist - only that they were 'unacceptable'

Frank Hester, who is the Conservative Party's biggest donor, allegedly said looking at Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' and that she 'should be shot'

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch is the most senior politician to say that Frank Hester's alleged comment that Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' was 'racist'

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said the comments allegedly made by millionaire Tory donor Frank Hester were 'clearly unacceptable' but repeatedly refused to say whether they were racist

Good Morning Britain turned very fiery on Tuesday as hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls questioned Energy Minister Graham Stuart over a Tory party donor's alleged racist remarks towards Diane Abbott

Millionaire Tory donor Frank Hester apologised last night following a report, which alleged he said that former Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott 'should be shot'

Millionaire businessman Frank Hester, who has donated £10million to the Tories in the last year, is claimed to have said former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott 'should be shot'

This Morning's Rochelle Humes, Rochelle Humes, TV legend Gok Wan and Liverpool FC footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold lead the nominations for for the 2023 Ethnicity Awards

Veteran MP Diane Abbott highlighted a recent migrant boat tragedy as she hit out at Tory Deputy Chair Lee Anderson who told asylum seekers they should 'f*** off back to France'

Senior figures from Keir Starmer's party recalled their time working with the double Oscar-winning actress, who had a successful second career as a respected parliamentarian

The former MP Baroness Ruth Anderson urged Labour to root out abuse of Jews and instead focus on fighting the Conservatives, warning: "We're meant to be on the same side"

The Labour leader was asked if he was 'frustrated' at Diane Abbott's comments distracting from 'the job in hand', after he suspended the whip from the veteran left-wing MP

The Mirror's Darren Lewis had a back and forth with murdered Stephen Lawrence's friend Duwayne Brooks over his decision to stand as a Conservative candidate for London Mayor

The Labour leader's remarks come after the party suspended Ms Abbott - pending an investigation - after 'offensive and wrong' comments in a letter to a newspaper over the weekend

The move comes just moments after the MP apologised for suggesting Jewish people do not face racism, instead cope with prejudice similar to that suffered by "redheads"

The Home Secretary has travelled to capital Kigali, where she hopes the UK can start sending asylum seekers by the summer after more than a year of legal wrangling