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 ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also outlined plans to make endangering another life during a sea crossing to the UK a new offence carrying a five-year jail term under the Border Security ...

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 ...

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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 has rejected calls for misogynists, conspiracy theorists, the far left and potentially violent environmental activists to be treated as extremists. It comes after the “rapid ...

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 ...