The long-serving MP apologises for past comments and says she has been issued with a "formal warning".

The long-serving MP Diane Abbott has been let back into the Labour Party, following a year-long suspension. In a statement, a Labour spokesperson said Abbott had "apologised" following an independent process and that she would be readmitted into the parliamentary party, meaning she can sit as a Labour MP once again. Abbott, who was suspended in 2025 following an antisemitism row, said she had been "issued with a formal warning". East Kilbride and Strathaven MP Joani Reid has also been readmitted to the party. In March, she said she had "voluntarily" suspended herself after her husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. Her husband David Taylor, was arrested along with two other men. All three have been released on police bail, which in May was extended until August. Responding to her readmittance on Thursday evening, Reid she was "excited to play a full part in supporting our new prime minister". She added: "I have never been part of a police investigation, as a suspect or as a witness, and I am pleased that this has now been recognised." A Labour spokesperson said the decisions about party membership had been taken "independently of the leadership and political interference".