Labour readmits Diane Abbott after suspension over race remarks

Britain’s Labour Party said on Thursday that it had readmitted the country’s longest-serving female lawmaker Diane Abbott, ending a suspension imposed last year over comments on racism that had reignited a row over antisemitism.

Abbott, Britain’s first black woman member of parliament, was suspended by the Labour Party in July 2025 under Keir Starmer – who stepped down as prime minister earlier in July – after she had said she did not regret remarks on racism that had led to an earlier...