A senior Labour MP has been suspended after using a “deeply offensive” phrase during a speech at a a pro-Palestine protest.

Andy McDonald faced backlash after using the controversial slogan “from the river to the sea” to share his backing for Palestine over the weekend.

During the rally, he said: "We won't rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty."

Downing Street condemned the use of the phrase - referring to the land between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea -as "not acceptable".

Rishi Sunak’s official spokesman said the the phrase was of “significant concern to many”.