Labour has suspended 11 councillors in Greater Manchester as part of an investigation into a WhatsApp group where offensive messages were shared. The group, revealed by the Mail on Sunday over the weekend, has already led to the suspension of two Labour MPs in the region.

Oliver Ryan, the MP for Burnley who was elected last summer, has also been sacked for his involvement in the group named 'Trigger Me Timbers'.

Eleven Labour councillors have been suspended as part of the party's probe into vile WhatsApp comments posted - MPs Oliver Ryan and Andrew Gwynne have also been suspended

Two Labour MPs have now been suspended from the party after “offensive” messages from a WhatsApp group they were members of were leaked.

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".

Eleven Labour councillors have been suspended from the party after its investigation into a WhatsApp group containing offensive messages, which saw a former minister sacked and a second MP lose the whip.

Social media group has already been responsible for MPs Andrew Gwynne and Oliver Ryan being suspended by party