“As part of our WhatsApp group investigation, a group of councillors have been administratively suspended from the Labour party,” a spokesperson said.
A dozen Labour councillors have been suspended from the party over their membership of the “Trigger Me Timbers” WhatsApp group that has already led to the suspension of two MPs.
Labour suspends 12 members who joined offensive WhatsApp group Leadership takes further action over ‘Trigger Me Timbers’ group after suspension of two of its MPs.
A second MP, Oliver Ryan, who represents Burnley in Lancashire, and was previously a councillor in Tameside, Greater Manchester, was suspended by the party on Monday over his membership of, and comments in, the group.
The Tameside councillors include Gwynne’s wife, Allison Gwynne, former council leader Brenda Warrington, and Claire Reid, a member of Labour’s national policy forum.
