A Labour MP has had the whip suspended following allegations he made racist comments to a journalist on the parliamentary estate, a party spokesman has confirmed.
“The Labour Party expects the highest standards of behaviour from all our MPs and we take allegations of this sort very seriously,” the party spokesman said.
“Accordingly, the chief whip has now suspended the Labour whip from Neil Coyle pending an investigation.”
Mr Coyle has served as the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark since 2015.
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