The U.K. government health minister Andrew Gwynne has been sacked after the Mail on Sunday revealed he had sent offensive and abusive WhatsApp messages to a small group of fellow Labour Party members.

A Labour MP who was sacked as a minister by Sir Keir Starmer over comments made in a WhatsApp group has said he regrets the “badly misjudged” remarks. Andrew Gwynne, the MP for Gorton and Denton, has been sacked as health minister and suspended from the Labour Party.

Another Labour MP has apologised for being part of a WhatsApp group which led to the sacking of health minister Andrew Gwynne. Oliver Ryan is facing a government probe after he appeared to mock a fellow Labour MP over his sexuality.