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Police & Crime Commissioners the wrong policy at the wrong time - But Labour will have to make the best of a bad job
Police & Crime Commissioners the wrong policy, the wrong priority at the wrong time - but policing is so important to our communities that Labour will need to make the...

Warm words from the Prime Minister are not enough when the reality is that Government policies are holding women back
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary & Minister for Women and Equalities, ahead of David Cameron's speech on women in business today, said: "Increasing the number of women on...

The Home Secretary needs to explain urgently what action she is taking on Abu Qatada
See below for Yvette's interview today with Shaun Ley on the World at One: SL:You must have some sympathy with the government in this particular scenario, in a...

The Home Secretary is still ducking the main issue
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "The Home Secretary is still ducking the main issue which is the 16,000 police officers being cut and the 20 per cent budget cut...

The government's plans do not go far enough to tackle the growing metal theft epidemic
Responding to today’s Written Ministerial Statement from the Home Secretary about metal theft, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “These plans do not go far enough to tackle the growing...