Category: Yvette Cooper

Royal Navy ships mobilised to respond to Russian spy ship in North Sea, defence secretary tells MPs – UK politics live

John Healey says foreign ship Yantar is in North Sea to gather intelligence on UK’s underwater infrastructureA new online train ticket retailer backed by the UK government is to be created, the Department for Transport...

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PMQs live: Starmer to face Badenoch after announcing plan to end teenage access to knives online in wake of Southport attack

PM to face Tory leader following decision to announce tougher checks for people buying knives onlineA new online train ticket retailer backed by the UK government is to be created, the Department for Transport (DfT) has...

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Starmer announces plan to end ‘shockingly easy’ teenage access to knives online – UK politics live

Government will announce tougher checks for people buying knives online which could involve a two-step verificationThe UK government will publish an immigration white paper later this year including proposals to introduce visas...

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UK ministers pledge to overhaul terror laws amid Southport murders outcry

Keir Starmer says social media platforms must also act to remove extreme content that is inspiring violenceTerrorism laws will be overhauled and technology companies must remove a “tidal wave” of online violent...

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Southport killer will be treated as a terrorist in jail, Yvette Cooper tells MPs – politics live

Home secretary also says inquiry into the attack will cover wider threat posed by youth violenceStarmer says nothing will be off the table in the inquiry.There are also questions about the accountability of the Whitehall and...

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Southport attack shows ‘terrorism has changed’ and UK faces new threat of extreme violence, says Starmer – politics live

PM also said ‘nothing off the table’ in inquiry, as he hits back at cover-up claimsStarmer says nothing will be off the table in the inquiry.There are also questions about the accountability of the Whitehall and...

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Police fear ‘right-wing driven’ reaction to grooming gangs will harm victims

Senior officers say fraction of child abuse cases relate to gangs and resources could be diverted from current casesPolice chiefs fear that government pressure to reinvestigate closed historic gang grooming cases could make it...

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UK officials urged to act ‘months ago’ on child sexual abuse inquiry’s demands

Campaigners claim no progress made with government on implementing recommendations until Elon Musk rowCampaigners met government officials months ago to urge them to implement recommendations from the independent inquiry into...

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