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Lloyd Russell-Moyle

<p>Lloyd Russell-Moyle has defected to the Green Party</p>

Ex-Labour MP condemns Starmer as he defects to Green Party

Diane Abbott has said she intends to ‘run and win’ as a Labour candidate (PA)

Diane Abbott: ‘I intend to run and to win as Labour’s candidate’

Yvette Cooper said no party can ‘make those sorts of commitments’ in relation to places in the House of Lords (Toby Melville/PA)

Labour denies promising peerages to get MPs to stand down

Diane Abbott is ‘free’ to stand as a candidate in the election, Sir Keir Starmer has said (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Diane Abbott ‘free’ to run for Labour in General Election, says Keir Starmer

Diane Abbott addressing the People’s Assembly Britain is Broken national demonstration in central London (Yui Mok/PA)

Labour uncertainty over candidates as Abbott accuses Starmer of ‘cull’ of left

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has faced criticism (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Labour’s candidate uncertainty overshadows campaign as Starmer accused of purge

Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to Parliament in 1987 (Ian West/PA)

Diane Abbott vows to stay on amid Labour suspension rows

Lloyd Russell-Moyle has been suspended by Labour (Yui Mok/PA)

MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle suspended from Labour Party after complaint

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer at Worcester City Football Club where he met Labour supporters whilst campaigning in the West Midlands for this year�s General Election to be held on July 4 . Picture date: Wednesday May 29, 2024.

Keir Starmer under pressure over Diane Abbott’s future as Labour row rumbles on

The Government has promised to ban conversion therapy (Mike Egerton/PA)

Equalities minister confirms Government is committed to conversion therapy ban

The Bill would create new offences for a course of conduct whose ‘predetermined’ purpose was to change a person’s sexual orientation or to change a person to or from being transgender (Joe Giddens/PA)

Minister accused of making ‘more excuses’ to delay LGBT conversion practices ban

A Pride flag (Mike Egerton/PA)

MP makes bid to ban offering or advertising LGBT conversion practices

Former prime minister Liz Truss has been selected to bring forward a private members bill (Yui Mok/PA)

Liz Truss has chance to bring forward law change from back benches

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey preparing for Wednesday’s meeting with Theresa May

Labour row looms as top figures demand Corbyn secure Brexit referendum

Theresa May is stoking hate by blaming MPs for her Brexit failures

Related caption: JK Rowling responds to accusations of transphobia

Labour MP blames Theresa May after he is attacked in the street

Andrea Leadsom arrives at 10 Downing Street

Leadsom backs right for children not being 'exposed' to LGBT+ classes

Related caption: JK Rowling responds to accusations of transphobia

I declared my HIV status in parliament. Here's what should happen next

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Editors' letters

Getting the angles in a place where recording is illegal

The ceremonial mace protruding from a carriage window as it travels to Parliament

What does the mace in the House of Commons symbolise?