Diane Abbott - Solidarity at The People’s Assembly - End Austerity Demonstration People attending the People's Assembly Against Austerity protest in central London. Picture date: Saturday June 7, 2025 ...

Labour MP Diane Abbott has told LBC that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is "not the most charismatic Labour leader I have ever served under." Asked if she could see Reform UK leader Nigel Farage beating ...

Veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott has sent a strong ten-word warning to her Labour colleagues after her party suffered "disastrous" results at the local elections last week. The MP for Hackney North ...

Diane Abbott was elected as Britain's first black female MP in 1987. But in her 37-year career, the trailblazing MP has been no stranger to controversy and has often provoked the ire of her own ...

Speaking on LBC's Sunday with Lewis Goodall, Ms Abbott pointed to the fact MPs had much longer to debate assisted dying before it was voted on in 2015. "There needs to be much more analysis and ...

Diane Abbott, Britain’s first Black female MP, tells Nadine White how she and Sir Keir Starmer still do not speak, despite being welcomed back into the Labour Party before the election ...

As part of a review into the accountability of armed police officers – which began last year – the Home Office will also now hold a ‘rapid independent review’ into the threshold at which use of force ...

No-one has ever described Diane Abbott as a riddle or a mystery, let alone an enigma. If ever an MP were frustratingly – or, if you prefer, reassuringly – predictable, it’s her. Abbott’s ...

Diane Abbott clashes with police chief over 'disproportionate' stop and search The media storm which she says upset her most was in the run-up to the 2017 election when she was Shadow Home Secretary.

Like her or not, no one can deny Diane Abbott is a trailblazer. She has scored several major accomplishments: the first black girl at her local grammar school, the first black woman at Newnham College ...