But Sir Keir bowed to pressure and later confirmed the 70-year-old, who was Britain's first ... at an election campaign event in Bolton this morning. He said: 'We dealt with the Diane Abbott ...

He praised the Labour veteran as a “trailblazer”, saying: “Diane Abbott was elected in 1987, the first black woman MP. “She has carved a path for other people to come into politics and ...

Diane Abbott, Britain’s longest-serving Black MP, has said she will be a candidate at the upcoming General Election ‘by any ... will also take part in their first TV debate next week.

Diane Abbott has been formally confirmed as a Labour candidate for the general election, following a meeting ... Abbott, Britain’s first black female MP, was embroiled in a bitter row over ...

Diane Abbott has said she is “banned” from standing as a Labour candidate in the General Election ... Britain’s first black woman MP, will be banned from standing as a Labour candidate ...

Readers seeking "juicy political gossip" won't find it in Diane Abbott's memoir, "A Woman Like Me", said Gaby Hinsliff in The ...

Diane Abbott has claimed Sir Keir ... Ms Abbott, who has served as an MP since 1987 and was the first black woman to be elected to Parliament, was at the centre of a row earlier this year over ...

Sir Keir Starmer treated Diane Abbott as a “non-person” after ... Ms Abbott, who has served as an MP since 1987 and was the ...

Diane Abbott is "free" to stand as a Labour candidate in the General Election, Sir Keir Starmer ... drawn on whether he wants Ms Abbott – the first black female MP – to stand again, but ...