A police force has announced plans to cut a sixth of its front-line officers to cover a funding shortfall despite an extra £100 million for neighbourhood policing being pledged by Yvette Cooper ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the commitment will be a "major turning point for policing in this country". It comes as chief constables warn they could have to make cuts despite a £1billion ...

Yvette Cooper says £200 million will be used to strengthen neighbourhood policing, doubling the amount provisionally announced in December. The announcement means the region's five forces will ...

Every neighbourhood deserves dedicated officers who know their patch, understand residents’ concerns and can tackle problems before they escalate Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary The new investment ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during a visit to West Yorkshire Police in December (PA) Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the investment in neighbourhood policing marked a “major turning point ...

The border security bill introduced in the Commons today by Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, is an admission of defeat. She and Keir Starmer had hoped at one point, just as Rishi Sunak had ...

Home secretary Yvette Cooper published a Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill repealing most of the measures introduced by the last Tory government to deal with the issue. More than 1,000 ...

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Yvette Cooper’s review into extremism “belongs in North Korea” because it attempts to crush criticism over two-tier policing, critics have declared. Fury erupted over a leaked Home Office ...

Yvette Cooper is expected to reject Government advice to widen the definition of extremism to cover environmentalists, the far left, and men prejudiced against women. The Home Secretary does not ...