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Diane Abbott still weighing options, says peer, as Labour allegedly entices leftwing MPs to leave

Shami Chakrabarti comments on Abbott’s position amid reports party has offered peerages to MPs to stand down

Diane Abbott is still considering her future after being given the backing to stand as a Labour MP, her close friend Shami Chakrabarti has said, amid reports that Labour has offered peerages to MPs in order to stand down.

The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, denied such an offer had been made, telling Sky News on Sunday: “It’s not the way the system works. There’s a whole process with the independent committee that will vet nominations. There have to be processes in terms of the numbers of nominations designated by the prime minister and so on.”

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