Cooper: Home secretary must cough up 30 Orgreave files after inquiry snub
Yvette Cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee, yesterday published her letter to home secretary Amber Rudd demanding…
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Cooper tells MPs to avoid provoking racial tensions as she launches hate crime probe
Politicians have a “responsibility” to avoid fanning the flames of racial tension, Yvette Cooper said as she launched…
Starmer attacks David Davis over Tories’ “furtive” approach to Brexit talks
Tory ministers must abandon their “furtive executive approach” to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, Sir Keir Starmer said…
Yvette Cooper: Refugee children could “disappear” as Jungle clearance begins
Child refugees could simply “disappear” as police and border officials swoop on the controversial Jungle migrant camp in…
What we learnt from Benn and Cooper’s victories – and why it matters for the PLP
I am not sure they were always this high-profile. In the world of Corbyn’s Labour, however, everything has…
Yvette Cooper and Hilary Benn win race to chair key Commons committees
Yvette Cooper has edged out Caroline Flint and Chuka Umunna in the battle for the chair’s role on…
Labour big hitters seek to replace Vaz at helm of home affairs committee
A series of former Cabinet ministers and frontbenchers are vying to replace troubled Keith Vaz when the chair…
Reaching out or revenge? Reshuffle steadies the ship but Corbyn must do more
This reshuffle tells us more about Jeremy Corbyn’s view of his colleagues than any of the other occasions he has…
Sit tight on the backbenches or dive right in – what next for the rebel MPs?
Thousands of Labour people spent last night trekking home from conference. For a few of them, however, the journey from…
“Calais should be a scar on the conscience of both France and Britain” – Cooper speech on refugees debate
This is the full text of the speech given by Yvette Cooper at Labour conference on Wednesday. Think…
