Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper is a British politician who has served as Foreign Secretary since September 2025, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2024 to 2025. A member of the Labour Party, Cooper has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, previously Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, since 1997.
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Sep 25, 2026
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Home Secretary, responsible for response to Channel migrant incident and protests.
Lib Dems will urge her to maintain a humane approach and not bow to anti-migrant pressure.
Sep 24, 2026
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A migrant boat carrying 51 people reached Dover after 36 hours at sea, with six protesters arrested.
Lib Dems will argue the Home Secretary's approach to small boats is failing on both humanitarian and practical grounds, and call for safe and legal routes.
Sep 22, 2026
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The Home Secretary is under fire after it emerged that migrant households received a record £11.9 billion in Universal Credit.
Reform UK holds Cooper personally responsible for the chaotic asylum system and the generous benefits that act as a magnet for illegal migration, and demands she resign.
Sep 21, 2026
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The Home Secretary is under fire as small boat crossings reach new highs, with the Rwanda scheme scrapped and no clear deterrent in place.
Conservatives criticise her for failing to deliver on Labour's promise to smash the gangs and for reversing Conservative policies without a credible alternative, leaving the UK a magnet for illegal migration.
Sep 21, 2026
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As Home Secretary, she is overseeing the government's new national taskforce on misogyny and violence against girls.
Lib Dems will hold Cooper to account on whether this taskforce delivers concrete improvements in policing, prosecution rates, and prevention, rather than just another piece of government PR.
Sep 20, 2026
Lean Right
Home Secretary under pressure as small boat crossings hit record highs.
Conservatives criticise her for failing to tackle the small boats crisis and for scrapping Rwanda scheme.
Sep 19, 2026
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Not named, but as Home Secretary she owns the asylum and policing briefs that are under fire in today's news.
Reform UK blames Cooper for the asylum housing plans that sparked Piddington's revolt and for failing to get a grip on violent crime.
Sep 18, 2026
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The Home Secretary is not named in today's articles but is the minister responsible for policing and missing persons cases such as the 13-year-old girl and the 2019 remains discovery.
Lib Dems will press Cooper on resources for missing persons investigations and police funding, arguing that under-resourced forces leave families waiting years for answers.
Sep 18, 2026
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The Home Office faces fresh criticism over the Piddington asylum camp after campaigners hope a departmental 'blunder' may halt the plan.
As Home Secretary, Cooper owns the asylum accommodation programme and Labour MPs worry that delivery failures in Oxfordshire will hand Reform UK a fresh migration attack line.
Sep 16, 2026
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The Home Secretary is facing criticism over illegal migration numbers and the government's plans to process asylum claims.
Conservatives argue Cooper is weak on border control and that Labour's policies will encourage more small boat crossings.