LABOUR has been accused of corruption after barring a left-wing union rep from standing for election to Hackney council over her support for the local MP Diane Abbott.

Regional party organisers have meanwhile unsuspended their preferred candidate Laura Pascal after five days, after she apologised for having liked tweets described as “grossly offensive” by the local Green Party.

The by-election follows Hackney’s elected Mayor Philip Glanville’s resignation for lying over his dealings with former councillor and now-convicted paedophile Tom Dewey, revealed by the Morning Star.