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Yvette Cooper should urgently meet with refugee charities after they were ignored ahead of the government’s sweeping changes to immigration rules, according to a letter signed by more than 100 ...

Quick pop quiz for you: Q1 – Who said “We have to make the case for the benefits of migration and the benefits of free movement”? Q2 – Who took the last Labour government to court over its ...

The French may not start intercepting migrant dinghies during the peak crossing months this year, Yvette Cooper hinted. The Home Secretary said Paris will finally stop boats leaving “in the next ...

Yvette Cooper came unstuck this morning as she refused to spell out how many immigrants per year she wants to see come to Britain under her new plan. Ms Cooper has rejected a cap on numbers ...

On LBC this morning, presenter Nick Ferrari asked home secretary Cooper: “Do you think we live in an island of strangers?” She replied: “I think our country has benefitted over very many ...

Yvette Cooper has defended Sir Keir Starmer amid criticism that his language as he set out plans to crack down on migration echoed Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech.

Yvette Cooper tore into Tory immigration policies in the Commons, likening them to 'burglars selling you a dog the next day', and told Chris Philp no one would take him seriously until he ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has defended the language used by Sir Keir Starmer in a speech to unveil plans to cut immigration. The prime minister said on Monday the UK risked becoming an "an ...