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Neil Coyle

Neil Coyle is the Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark

March 2018

  • Homeless person asleep in doorway

    If you’re homelessness minister, maybe you should know something about it

    Neil Coyle
    Heather Wheeler doesn’t know why numbers are rising. A look back over Tory austerity measures could enlighten her, writes Neil Coyle, Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark

February 2018

  • Rough sleepers near Marble Arch, London

    A homeless man dies on parliament’s doorstep. Will ministers act now?

    Neil Coyle
    His death comes after years of destructive government policies, leaving a desperate situation affecting every community, writes the Labour MP Neil Coyle

September 2017

  • Wandsworth Food Bank Prepares And Distributes Parcels For The Weekend<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 05:  Volunteers at Wandsworth foodbank prepare food parcels for guests from their stores of donated food, toiletries and other items on May 5, 2017 in London, England.  The Trussell Trust, who run the food bank, report that dependency on their service is continuing to rise, with over 1,182,000 three day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in the past year. 436,000 of these recipients were children.  (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

    Universal credit is a mean, flawed scheme. Its rollout must be blocked

    Neil Coyle
    Universal credit has already forced many into debt, food poverty and eviction. Others should be saved from its effects, writes Labour MP for Southwark Neil Coyle

May 2016

  • Neil Coyle, Jo Cox

    We nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. Now we regret it

    Jo Cox and Neil Coyle
    The elections were a missed opportunity for Labour. As new MPs we’ve kept quiet, but now we’re speaking out about weak leadership and poor judgment