Deputy leader also says she does not know why Abbott has not received an apology about racism she has faced within party
Angela Rayner has said she wants to see Diane Abbott let back into the parliamentary Labour party and that she does not know why the party leadership has not apologised to the veteran MP over racist abuse she faced internally.
The party’s deputy leader said she shared “frustrations at times of how long” Labour investigations take, while noting it has to follow its procedures.