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In a significant U-turn, the Labour leader announced said that the veteran MP, who has represented Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, could represent the party despite previous suggestions she had been barred.She had the whip returned to her earlier this week, but senior party sources suggested she would not stand for the party in the general election, sparking uproar from Abbott’s supporters.
Starmer said “no final decision” had been made over her future, but was contradicted yesterday by Angela Rayner, who said she backed her to be a Labour candidate. The veteran MP told a rally earlier this week that Labour “just want me excluded from parliament” and added: “It is as if you are not allowed to be a Labour MP unless you are prepared to repeat everything the leader says.”Keir Starmer And Rishi Sunak Agree Date Of First General Election TV DebateSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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