Labour MP - a former councillor in Tameside - has apologised over comments in a WhatsApp group after Gorton and Denton MP Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a government minister. It has been confirmed that Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour Party over 'unacceptable and deeply disappointing' comments in the group.

A second Labour MP has apologised for comments made in a WhatsApp chat, after Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister over messages he sent to the same group. Burnley MP Oliver Ryan said in a statement that comments he made in the group "were completely unacceptable" and he regretted "not speaking out at the time".

The MP for Burnley said he "deeply regrets" comments he made in a WhatsApp group created by Andrew Gwynne - who was sacked as a health minister over the weekend.

Oliver Ryan is the second MP to lose the whip over leaked messages from the "Trigger me timbers" chat, after Health Minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked from his post and suspended by Labour

Oliver Ryan, who was elected to represent the Burnley constituency last summer, had been under investigation over the remarks.

It comes after the Mail on Sunday published a series of offensive messages apparently sent by the parliamentarian in a group chat, prompting his sacking by Keir Starmer.