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Today a letter from the Tory Brexit Delivery Group said “numerous” MPs are prepared to rebel against the Prime Minister and back an amendment tabled by Yvette Cooper and Oliver Letwin. That would give Parliament the opportunity to delay Brexit and prevent no-deal, if there’s no agreement with the EU by mid-march.
Gary Gibbon
Yvette Cooper spluttered with incomprehension that the Home Office hadn’t made a point of looking urgently into cases of people who had been “wrongfully incarcerated” by the state. You had a sense of the Home Secretary struggling to keep up with public and political demands for urgent action.
In a further boost to his Labour leadership campaign, left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn receives the backing of Unison. The union’s leaders also nominate Yvette Cooper as their second choice.
Three of the four candidates to lead Labour are speaking today ahead of the 15 June closing date for nominations. We look at the pitches of Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper and Mary Creagh.
As Labour leader Ed Miliband resigns after a crushing defeat in the general election, there are several likely successors, including Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Chuka Umunna.
Labour’s Yvette Cooper calls on the home secretary to explain why she released a letter criticising Michael Gove, which resulted in the resignation of one of her advisers.
A review of policing headed by former Scotland Yard chief Lord Stevens is to be set up by Labour, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper will announce at the party’s conference in Liverpool.
Gary Gibbon
Not very disciplined,” was how one Shadow Cabinet member close to Ed Miliband described Ed Balls’ touting of Yvette Cooper as a future Labour leader – Political Editor Gary Gibbon writes
The 19 members of Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet are announced with Yvette Cooper topping the ballot amid intense speculation over who will scoop the top jobs.
A government in a hurry. Today Sir Keir Starmer began a tour of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales – underlining his intention to ‘reset’ relations with the devolved governments.
We spoke to Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. We began by asking her about Labour’s pledge to reform the current apprenticeship levy, in order to train up more UK workers, and how it would all be funded.
We spoke to Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary.
What is the Rwanda bill and why is it controversial? FactCheck takes a look.
No government minister was available to talk about Immigration today, but Cathy went to Westminster to speak to the Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and began by asking her if Labour would cut net migration.
What is the government doing about asylum-seeking children going missing from hotels and who is legally responsible for their welfare? Here’s what we know so far.