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Yvette Cooper MP

Yvette Cooper MP

Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford and chair of the Home Affairs Committee

Border Guards Don’t Know How Many Fake Covid Test Certificates Are Used To Get Into UK
Transport
Border Guards Don’t Know How Many Fake Covid Test Certificates Are Used To Get Into UK
The number of people entering the UK with a fake negative Covid test is “inherently unknowable” and the current immigration system is “based on trust”, say border staff.
Boris Johnson Warns France May Go On Travel “Red List” To Prevent Covid Variants Arriving Across The Channel
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson Warns France May Go On Travel “Red List” To Prevent Covid Variants Arriving Across The Channel
Boris Johnson has admitted that putting France on the "red list" for travel was "something that we will have to look at" to prevent importing new Covid variants.
Home Office Housed Asylum Seekers In “Filthy, Impoverished And Unsafe” Barracks During Pandemic
Coronavirus
Home Office Housed Asylum Seekers In “Filthy, Impoverished And Unsafe” Barracks During Pandemic
A highly critical report into the use of “filthy” army barracks to house asylum seekers during the Covid-19 pandemic is “damning criticism of the leadership and culture of the Home Office”, according to Yvette Cooper.
Priti Patel Blames “Mingling” Asylum Seekers For Covid Outbreak At Napier Army Barracks
Coronavirus
Priti Patel Blames “Mingling” Asylum Seekers For Covid Outbreak At Napier Army Barracks
The Home Office has revealed that 178 asylum seekers caught coronavirus last month while being held at an army barracks in Kent in a dramatic Commons committee hearing this morning.
The Government Must Take Stronger Action On Borders To Protect Us From New Covid Variants
Coronavirus
By Yvette Cooper MP
The Government Must Take Stronger Action On Borders To Protect Us From New Covid Variants
The government’s Covid border policy isn’t working. Rightly ministers said they wanted to prevent the new South Africa variant taking hold in the UK and threatening to undermine our vaccine programme.
Yvette Cooper Calls Government A “Chaotic Mess” Over Delay In Demanding A Negative Covid Test At The UK Border
Coronavirus
Yvette Cooper Calls Government A “Chaotic Mess” Over Delay In Demanding A Negative Covid Test At The UK Border
Yvette Cooper has said that hold-ups on the requirement for a negative Covid test before being admitted into the UK shows the government has “never had a proper effective system in place.”
Coronavirus: Failure to toughen border measures made pandemic 'much worse' for UK, MPs say
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Failure to toughen border measures made pandemic 'much worse' for UK, MPs say
A series of "critical errors" in the Government's approach to travellers entering the UK made the coronavirus pandemic much worse, a cross-party group of MPs has said.
Priti Patel says it was ‘absolutely right’ to wait until June to bring in coronavirus quarantine in committee clash with Yvette Cooper
Coronavirus
Priti Patel says it was ‘absolutely right’ to wait until June to bring in coronavirus quarantine in committee clash with Yvette Cooper
Priti Patel has said it was “absolutely right” for the Government to wait until June to bring in quarantine measures for all international arrivals to the UK.
Boris Johnson under mounting pressure to protect child refugees as Immigration Bill rebellion grows
Home affairs
Boris Johnson under mounting pressure to protect child refugees as Immigration Bill rebellion grows
Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to guarantee the rights of child refugees, as support for cross-party amendments to the government's Immigration Bill grows.
Domestic abuse survivors could be given salary advances as government launches workplace help review
Home affairs
Domestic abuse survivors could be given salary advances as government launches workplace help review
Domestic abuse victims “in real financial hardship” could be given emergency early access to their salary under government plans to offer them more support at work.
WATCH: Sunak's recession warning; Johnson's track and trace pledge and MPs' fears over 'unsafe' return: catch up on the week in Parliament
Coronavirus
By Eleanor Langford
WATCH: Sunak's recession warning; Johnson's track and trace pledge and MPs' fears over 'unsafe' return: catch up on the week in Parliament
Catch up on the week in Parliament with our three-minute round-up
Committee chairs protest Government plans to 'undermine' scrutiny
Coronavirus
By Georgina Bailey
Committee chairs protest Government plans to "undermine" scrutiny
Influential backbenchers have tabled an amendment to try to prevent the Government installing its own choice as chair of the powerful Liaison Committee
Surge in coronavirus domestic abuse cases needs ‘urgent’ attention of Cobra, MPs tell Priti Patel
Coronavirus
Surge in coronavirus domestic abuse cases needs ‘urgent’ attention of Cobra, MPs tell Priti Patel
Ministers are being urged to ramp up their support for victims of domestic abuse amid a surge in cases during the coronavirus lockdown.
Priti Patel in furious row with Yvette Cooper over attempts to quiz her on Home Office's coronavirus response
Coronavirus
Priti Patel in furious row with Yvette Cooper over attempts to quiz her on Home Office's coronavirus response
A furious row has erupted beween Priti Patel and Yvette Cooper over claims the Home Secretary has refused to appear before MPs to be quizzed on her department’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Time to reclaim the internet
Home affairs
By Yvette Cooper MP
Time to reclaim the internet

The former shadow home secretary calls for a change in attitudes to online abuse and intimidation as she calls on people to #reclaimtheinternet.
Calling for back-up - defending police from Tory cuts
Home affairs
By Yvette Cooper MP
Calling for back-up - defending police from Tory cuts
With violent crime continuing to rise, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says Theresa May must stop cutting police jobs.