Dianne Abbott has been sitting as an independent MP since her suspension last year (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)Diane Abbott has been readmitted into the Labour Party over a year after she was suspended. Labour MP Joani Reid has also been readmitted into the party. Joani Reid has rejoined the Labour ranks (Picture: UK Parliament/PA Wire)A Labour spokesperson said in a statement that both women could sit again as Labour MPs after a ‘process conducted under Labour Party rules and ‘approved by the independent review board’. Abbott was suspended from the Labour backbenches in July 2025 after she defended previous comments about racism. Labour has given Diane Abbott a ‘formal warning’ – but it’s a warning against what?