Labour MP Jess Phillips, who is now a minister in the Home Office, was once one of the most vocal opponents of the plan ...

Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans her party previously opposed as campaigners warn measures will only increase ...

A group of 50 MPs and peers has written to the home secretary Yvette Cooper over the government’s plans to significantly ...

But, in an interview with Sky News, Ms Cooper refused to say when Labour's ... we will bring down these gangs once and for all.' But Tory MP Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said: 'This ...

Plans to use a former hospital in East Sussex as an accommodation centre for asylum seekers are under consideration by the Home Office, it has been confirmed. The Esperance Hospital in Eastbourne ...

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He was a Labour MP who became a TV interviewer ... such as when Ed Balls questioned Yvette Cooper. To quote Walden in this show, the modern trend is ‘breakfast TV b*****ks, cosy chitchats ...

Key figures from British politics past and present paid their respects to the 'unique, remarkable, and extraordinary' former ...

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Home Affairs Lisa Smart MP said: “Thousands of victims are being left without the justice they deserve every single day. The government promised to fix this ...

A gathering of hundreds of mourners including many members of the government were at Hull Minster to celebrate a man 'who spent his life overcoming challenges and helping others' ...

Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has launched a scathing attack on Labour's approach to illegal migration, calling their proposals "verbal baby food" whilst advocating for a strict "detain and deport" policy.