The Latest Breaking News from Yvette Cooper

Home Secretary calls for more information to be released about suspects accused of serious crime

Her comments come after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for police forces to release the immigration status of people who are charged with crimes

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2025

Palestine Action’s future plans are disturbing, Yvette Cooper claims as she urges protesters to stay away

‘I would say to people, this is not a non violent organisation,’ the home secretary warned ahead of a mass planned protest

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025

UK to start small boats returns to France ‘within days’ after EU gives green light

Some asylum seekers will be sent back across Channel for first time under treaty agreed with French president

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2025

Voices: Will Labour’s new migrant controls stop the boats… or encourage Nigel Farage?

COMMENT: As home secretary Yvette Cooper announces £100m to pay for more border officers and new surveillance technology, among a raft of key measures, Sean O'Grady admits that there is no silver bullet to stop illegal immigration – and that slow, unshowy progress risks playing into Reform UK’s hands

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025

Yvette Cooper pours extra £100m into efforts to smash people-smuggling gangs

The funding will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers and new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on smuggling gangs

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025

Ministers to spend extra £100m on stopping small boat crossings to UK

Home Office’s announcement follows growing number of protests outside asylum seeker hotels

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2025

Home Office gives extra £100m for plans to smash people-smuggling gangs

Labour is seeking to bring down small boat crossings, which have topped 25,000 for the year so far.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025

Social media ads for Channel crossings to be banned under new offence

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also said she plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog.

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2025

Social media ads promoting small boat crossings to UK to be banned

Change to border security bill will also make it a crime to advertise fake passports, visas and work opportunities

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2025

Yvette Cooper’s fast-track asylum plan revealed after protests across UK

Tensions over asylum hotels have flared up in recent weeks, with a protest and counter-protest taking place on Saturday outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel in north London

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025