New health minister announced

Ashley Dalton MP. Credit: Creative Commons/UK Parliament

By Caitlin Doherty and Helen Corbett, PA Media

Ashley Dalton, Labour MP for West Lancashire, has been appointed as a health minister after Andrew Gwynne was sacked following the emergence of offensive comments in a WhatsApp group.

Gwynne left the government over the weekend and apologised for comments made in the group “which I deeply regret and would not make today”.