Carpenter resigned from the Lee's Summit district in July 2019, taking a $750,000 buyout, after a tenure marked by controversy over his efforts to implement equity and inclusion training for faculty.

Exchequer secretary to the Treasury James Murray said it was ‘absolutely not the case’ that Number 10 had wanted Ms Abbott to out of the party.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party suspended Diane Abbott, the country's longest-serving female lawmaker, on Thursday after she stood by her earlier remarks on racism which had led to a previous suspension.