Yvette Cooper

Dec 9, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Yvette Cooper |David Lammy |Charles Hymas

Left to right: David Lammy, Baroness Hodge, Security minister Dan Jarvis and NCA director Graeme Biggar Credit: BEN STANSALL/GETTY IMAGES Russian money laundering in the UK has pushed up house prices, Yvette Cooper and David Lammy have said. In an article for The Telegraph, the Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary said that the Government aimed to “call time” on London’s financial system being used as a clearing house by criminals and London property being used as “Bitcoin by kleptocrats”....

Nov 3, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Yvette Cooper

In the face of cross-border criminal networks, we need new cross-border law enforcement networks that are determined to disrupt, degrade and destroy them Credit: SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images Criminal gangs who profit from undermining our border security and putting lives at risk have been getting away with it for far too long. The dangerous small boats they organise in the Channel make them hundreds of millions of pounds a year, while lives are lost, smuggler violence has increased,...

Oct 23, 2024 | thesun.co.uk | Yvette Cooper

EACH day across the country brave police officers work hard to keep our country safe. The British model of policing is envied around the world. It relies on communities having confidence in the police, and on officers having the confidence to do their job. The debate around Sergeant Martyn Blake’s case has shown how fragile that confidence can be. We still have a job to strengthen our policing model for the future.

Sep 9, 2024 | the-sun.com | Yvette Cooper

IN MY first week as Home Secretary, I had the honour of attending the Police Bravery Awards after meeting many of the nominees at Downing Street earlier that day. I spoke that evening about the selfless dedication of those officers who, even in the most dangerous situations, put their own lives at risk to keep the rest of us safe. Sadly, the officers who serve communities know the risks of being assaulted.

Aug 18, 2024 | the-star.co.ke | Yvette Cooper

Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK's counter-extremism strategy to determine how best to tackle threats posed by harmful ideologies. The analysis will look at hatred of women as one of the ideological trends that the government says is gaining traction.