Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Diane Abbott's comments about racism as "antisemitic" and said they will never be accepted in the party.Ms Abbott had the Labour whip suspended after comments suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism "all their lives".Sir Keir would not say if Ms Abbott should not stand again for her London constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the next general election.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Diane Abbott's comments about racism as "antisemitic" and said they will never be accepted in the party.Ms Abbott had the Labour whip suspended after comments suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism "all their lives".Sir Keir would not say if Ms Abbott should not stand again for her London constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the next general election.