Conservative MP Robbie Moore has demanded that criminal charges and convictions must follow inquiries into local authorities ...

WhatsApp fights Yvette Cooper’s ‘dangerous’ attempt to break encryption Messaging app boss warns that Apple case over secret order risks setting a dangerous precedent ...

The Chancellor is said to have 'imposed' a funding settlement on Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review, after reaching an impasse in negotiations.

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Yvette Cooper’s Home Office budget was imposed on her by Rachel Reeves after heated discussions between the two Cabinet ministers. The Home Secretary is understood to have warned the Chancellor ...

The spending review will reveal how far the government has been blown off course. In her last-man-standing battle with the Treasury, Yvette Cooper has shone a light on how Starmer’s ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has still yet to agree a deal with the Treasury before Wednesday's Spending Review, despite an offer of above inflation increases to police funding in each of the next ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is yet to settle with the Treasury amid bitter squabbling over police and borders funding. The Chancellor is due to lay out departmental allocations running up to 2029 ...

Rachel Reeves sent warning by Yvette Cooper as civil war rages over spending plan Rachel Reeves's long-awaited spending review will take place on Wednesday. By Steph Spyro, Deputy Political Editor.

Yvette Cooper likens immigration system to a 'free market experiment'. The Home Secretary has admitted there is 'an issue with confidence in the immigration system and frankly, quite understandably.' ...