Tag: yvette cooper
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The unacceptable situation at Yarl’s Wood calls for an independent inquiry.
It is right that Labour has committed to hold an inquiry. Photo: Getty: A security guard at the gates of Yarl\’s Wood. Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, is right to have pledged the next Labour government to hold an inquiry into allegations about events at…
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Leading Labour’s commitment to women at the next General Election – Northumbria’s Police & Crime Commissioner
Vera Baird QC, Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, will today release the findings of a report which will influence the next Labour Government’s agenda on delivering for women across the north east and United Kingdom. In 2011 the Labour Party asked Vera Baird to lead ‘Everywoman Safe Everywhere’ Commission and come up with recommendations…
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Labour Women\’s Safety Conference
National plans making domestic and sexual violence a priority Labour plans which would revolutionise the way sexual crimes are handled have been welcomed by Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird. The Commissioner, who has made domestic and sexual violence a priority in her Police and Crime Plan, was at Labour’s Women’s Safety Conference. Delegates…
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In response: Yvette Cooper’s speech to the Fabian Conference (28th June 2014)
Yvette Cooper once again showed us why she will be an effective Home Secretary in 45 weeks time. Speaking at the Fabians Society Conference she delivered a speech which was compassionate, caring and reinforced why we need a Labour Government with Ed Miliband and Yvette leading from the front for a fairer country that speaks…