The Latest Breaking News from Yvette Cooper

Jailed rioters could be freed early under overcrowded prison scheme, says No 10

Downing Street says there is no specific exclusion for those who took part in disorder after Southport knife attack

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024

Cleverly claims Labour’s ‘rhetoric encouraged people smugglers’ after 700 people cross Channel on Sunday – as it happened

Tory leadership hopeful and former home secretary says government has shown ‘poor early decision making’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024

Nearly 2,000 antisemitic incidents recorded in first half of 2024, charity says

Synogues and Jewish businesses targeted in wave of antisemitism in first half of this year

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2024

Ed Balls interview with home secretary wife receives 8,201 complaints as watchdog issues warning to Elon Musk

Ofcom has published its latest update for complaints stating that it received 8,201 for Good Morning Britain on 5 August when former Labour minister Ed Balls interviewed his home secretary wife Yvette Cooper

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2024

Ofcom receives 8,000 complaints over Ed Balls interviews on Good Morning Britain

Complaints followed Balls’ interview with his wife, Yvette Cooper, and Labour MP Zarah Sultana on Monday

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2024

OPINION - I saw the terrible impact of riots in India — and now I fear for England

In February 2002, 59 Hindu pilgrims perished when their train caught fire just outside Godhra station in the Indian state of Gujarat. The cause of the fire was never conclusively established; yet of the many unsubstantiated theories that still swirl around the fire, the one that had the most devastating…

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2024

Far-right thugs plotting violence in London warned by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper: 'You will pay the price'

More police patrols are deployed on the capital’s streets to prevent rioting

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2024

Police in England brace for more riots as 'standing army' prepared for unrest

POLICE forces across England are braced for riots by “hateful and divisive groups” as they monitor reports of at least 30 possible gatherings…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 7, 2024

England riots: how has ‘two-tier policing’ myth become widespread?

Idea has been propagated by Tommy Robinson and others from far right but claim does not stand up to scrutiny

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

6,000 Police At The Ready To Quell UK Riots: Govt

The UK government said on Tuesday that 6,000 specialist police officers were ready to deal with far-right rioting that broke out following the murder of three children, and has now continued for seven consecutive days.

International Business Times · Aug 6, 2024