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The power of Rish! All this self-inflicted damage takes a level of slapstick genius

The gambling saga might have been a three-day scandal. Instead he’d let it rumble on until he was almost on his knees

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024

Labour wants to ‘take back our streets’: Will this help people affected by crime?

Experts say Keir Starmer’s plans to cut serious crime levels are ambitious. The party also hopes to restore faith in the criminal justice system but with limited extra resources

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024

Labour will keep Bibby Stockholm barge in use if elected, Yvette Cooper confirms

The party has said it cannot end the use of the vessel immediately if it wins the election, but that it wants to end the need for barges and hotels ‘as fast as possible’

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024

The Tories betrayed the Windrush victims – we will stand by them

Re-establishing the Windrush unit would be a real way to give families justice, says Labour’s shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024

Violence against women and girls 'will be treated as national emergency' under Labour

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged an overhaul of the way violent crimes against women and girls are policed

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Labour's pledge on violence against women is vital

It is a statement both welcome and one that raises the question of how it could not already be the case. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has today vowed that a Labour government would treat violence against women as a “national emergency”, pledging an overhaul of the way in which…

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024

Revealed: Schools facing ‘national emergency’ of knife crime with four attacks every week

Exclusive: Figures obtained by The Independent show police forces received 738 reports of people carrying knives or sharp instruments in schools last year

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024

Who is Yvette Cooper? Labour's shadow home secretary is a veteran of 1997 hoping to return to power

Having won with Tony Blair in 1997, the Labour frontbencher wants party back in No 10

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2024

Labour’s Dover candidate: ‘I would not have stood under Corbyn’

Exclusive: In a wide-ranging interview with The Independent, former soldier Mike Tapp said he wants to help Sir Keir Starmer tackle the small boats crisis and end the chaos at the Port of Dover

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024

Police would get powers to scrap noisy off-road bikes under Labour plans

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is pledging a crackdown on antisocial behaviour on Britain’s streets.

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2024