On Saturday evening, Andrew Gwynne was sacked from the Labour government after the Mail on Sunday revealed messages the MP had posted in a WhatsApp group. Trevor Phillips will be asking minister Matthew Pennycook about what happened.
The comments Andrew Gwynne made in a WhatsApp group were 'unacceptable', according to housing minister Matthew Pennycook.Trevor Phillips asks Mr Pennycook if other Labour politicians - MP or councillor - who were in the offending WhatsApp group will be suspended.Mr Gwynne has been suspended from the Labour Party while an investigation takes place.
Mr Pennycook says he hasn't seen the details in the group chat, but that Sir Keir Starmer has shown he has acted 'decisively' by dismissing Mr Gwynne as a minister.Mr Pennycook tells Sky News: 'I haven't seen the details of those specific WhatsApp conversations in question, but the comments that Andrew Gwynne made, let's be clear, are completely unacceptable.
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