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.

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.

Every member of a WhatsApp group in which a Labour MP made racist and sexist remarks about fellow MPs could face punishment, a minister has said. Andrew Gwynne, MP for Gorton and Denton, joked about an elderly woman dying in a group chat has been sacked and dismissed from the party.