Yvette Cooper said an 'overhaul' of the way police respond to domestic abuse, stalking and assaults on females was needed.

Home Secretary: Police failing to take violence against women 'seriously'

The Home Office has commissioned a ‘rapid sprint’ to drive a new practical approach.

Cooper pledges crackdown on ‘hateful beliefs’ to counter extremism

The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned the “brazen abuse and contempt” officers faced during rioting.

UK has lost respect for police, says Home Secretary in wake of riots 

A mural depicting mercenaries of Russia's Wagner Group that reads: "Wagner Group - Russian knights" vandalized with paint on a wall in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The fighting for the salt mining town of Soledar and the nearby city of Bakhmut has highlighted a bitter rift between the Russian Defense Ministry leadership and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire whose private military force known as the Wagner Group has played an increasingly visible role in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

The mercenaries, made up of contractors and recruited convicts, have been accused of 'appalling atrocities'.

Labour calls for Wagner Group to be classed as terrorist organisation 

MPs have warned the increase in domestic abuse could have serious consequences for a generation. 

Domestic abuse increase in lockdown could have 'consequences for a generation'

James Spencer made abusive and threatening comments about the Pontefract, Normanton and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper on Facebook. 

Tory candidate jailed for violent threats against West Yorkshire MP

MPs have voted to force the Prime Minister to further delay the date of Brexit - by just one vote - in a bid to avoid no-deal.

MPs agree by one vote to force PM to avoid no-deal with Brexit extension

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the amendment, tabled by Labour MP Yvette Cooper, was "an important step to prevent a no-deal Brexit".

MPs defeat Government over no-deal Brexit tax powers

Yvette Cooper has called on Twitter to 'get its act together', urging a crack down on hate speech.

Labour MP slams Twitter for 'giving platform to hatred'

Dame Lowell resigned as chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in August.

Yvette Cooper blasts Dame Goddard's refusal to testify

Labour MP Yvette Cooper received a tweet which threatened to kill her children over her stance on the EU referendum.


Yvette Cooper receives death threat against her children

The Labour MP accused the prime minister of "putting this House and this country to shame".

MPs cheer Cooper as she attacks PM over child refugees

MPs have reacted angrily to David Cameron referring to refugees as a "bunch of migrants" during Prime Minister's Questions.

PM comes under fire for 'bunch of migrants' comment

The Labour leadership hopeful has called on councils to take in 10,000 refugees in what she says is the biggest migrant crisis since WWII. 

Is this Yvette Cooper's bravest campaign moment yet?

Labour leadership candidate says Britain playing its role in the migrant crisis would help Cameron secure the promised reforms in Brussels.

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