The Latest Breaking News from Yvette Cooper

UK 'planning Meloni-style deals' to pay other countries in bid to stop illegal migration

Yvette Cooper tipped to sign off agreements with Turkey, Vietnam and the Kurdish region

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2024

‘Major supplier’ of boats for Channel migrant crossings arrested in Amsterdam

The man is suspected of shipping boats from Turkey and storing them in Germany, before they are moved to northern France when needed, the NCA said.

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2024

Met chief hits out at social media speculation around Chris Kaba shooting as 67 gang linked to 11 gun attacks

Mark Rowley said Kaba’s gang was involved in drug distribution and several shootings

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

Ed Balls 'sits out' Good Morning Britain interview with wife Yvette Cooper after bias backlash

ITV were flooded with complaints after he interviewed her in August

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

Starmer plans to ‘treat people smugglers like terrorists’ to cut crossings

The Prime Minister wants to apply counter-terrorism approaches to stop people smugglers before they act

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

Mother of girl, 15, stabbed to death by boyfriend calls for teenage domestic abuse law change

Under current laws, the victim and the perpetrator must be over 16 for it to be deemed a crime of domestic abuse

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

Home secretary confirms £75m to tackle people smuggling is new funding from Budget

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has said an additional £75 million for the Government’s border command is new funding from the Budget.

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

Home Office ‘expanding’ work to stop migrants who throw away passport being able to avoid deportation

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told how the new Government is seeking to build up a ‘fast track’ system for asylum claims

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

Tackling migrant crisis is as important as climate change, Keir Starmer says

Addressing the migrant crisis would be a ‘victory for humanity’, the prime minister said

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

Age at which domestic violence victims recognised by law to be looked at

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said she will ‘specifically look at this’ after murdered teenager Holly Newton’s parents called for a change in the law.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024