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However there is a feeling among some that Yvette Cooper has the strongest credentials, having impressed as shadow home secretary for four years under Ed Miliband.

«I will remain as shadow home secretary for the time being,» said Burnham.

Not exact matches

She had served as work and pensions secretary during the final years of the New Labour government; after that she has been shadow minister for women and equalities, shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary.

With Jeremy Corbyn and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott implacably opposed to any restrictions on immigration, it has been left to some of Cooper's party colleagues — most notably Andy Burnham and Hilary Benn — to make the Labour case for controls.

The serial rebel said he would support former shadow home secretary David Davis» resignation in protest at the government's planned 42 - day detention for terrorism suspects.

«Don't move the party to the left,» shadow home secretary Alan Johnson urged Mr Miliband in an article for the Independent on Sunday newspaper.

13:23 - I'm hearing that Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, will open in the phone - hacking debate, followed by Dominic Grieve, attorney general, for the government, and then probably Chris Bryant, the Labour MP and phone - hacking victim, who called for the debate.

Former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper attacked Farage for «exploiting the misery of the Syrian refugee crisis in the most dishonest and immoral way».

The shadow home secretary also pledged to properly centre the right to family life in Labour's immigration policy, saying her party «don't want to break up families from the EU in the way we currently do for non-EU families.»

The latest opinion poll blow for Labour comes after shadow home secretary Diane Abbott predicted yesterday that her party would catch up with the Tories in 2017.

In opposition she has been shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary, as well as shadow minister for work and pensions and for women and equalities.

The Conservative party under Mr Cameron's stewardship has faced criticism for a lack of genuine policies, and the appointment of shadow home secretary David Davis to lead a new social mobility taskforce will initially do little to change this perception.

And that's not just good for the shadow health secretary, or those who have been fighting for justice for 96 people who went to cheer their side to Wembley and never came home.

The shadow home secretary acknowledged the need for caution in attributing blame for the death of the former spy in London last week, but said it was «incredibly important» to resolve the issue.

Mr Davis just gave up his career as shadow home secretary, one of the most important positions in British public life, for this.

«She has refused to come to the House or do interviews for nearly two weeks,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

The shadow home secretary put anti-social behaviour at the centre of his speech, with demands for tougher action against crime on Britain's streets.

Responding for Labour, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said: «The Windrush generation was my parents» generation.

The shadow home secretary also proposed a habitual residence test for jobseekers» allowance, controls on EU movement after the accession of Bulgaria and Romania and, worst of all, arrest powers for UKBA — easily the most incompetent, heartless and cack - handed division of government.

Outbursts by prominent Tories — for instance, by his shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling — have fuelled scepticism that the Conservative party is anything like as modernised as the leader protests.

David Davis is MP for Haltemprice and Howden and a former shadow home secretary.

Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary and minister for women and equality, intervened as the archbishop of Wales complained that the government had put his church in an «enormously difficult position», which threatened to «severely curtail» its freedom to act according to its conscience.

The workplace, where you go to work, learn, live, and occasionally love, was in the spotlight this morning at LGBT charity Stonewall's annual Workplace Conference, as shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper gave a frank speech about the overwhelming need for «celebration of diversity» in the workplace.

«Last May Conservatives called for the minimum age for foreign spouses to be raised to 21,» said Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary.

«The government are kidding themselves if they think ID Cards for foreign nationals will protect against illegal immigration or terrorism - since they don't apply to those coming here for less than three months,» said shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve.

The shadow home secretary and Labour leadership contender called for the UK to be true to its values and history by taking in more refugees.

13:17 - Yvette Cooper (Lab, shadow home secretary, never knowingly correct) gets up for the opposition, who obviously support the government agenda.

Liberal Democrat shadow home secretary, Chris Huhne, has also called for a public inquiry.

«The EU Commission are wrong to try to prevent member states having sensible checks like this as it will increase public concerns about migration and give member states an incentive to cut employment support for everyone, which is against everyone's interests in Britain and across Europe,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

Cherie Booth's admission she is concerned for her children's safety on Britain's streets has been seized on by shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve.

Yesterday shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper told the Labour party conference in Manchester: «Once again it's one rule for the Cabinet, another for the plebs.

In a sign the Conservative party may be moving away from the civil liberties ideals of former shadow home secretary David Davis, the Tories have announced a push to make it easier for police to launch surveillance operations against non-terrorists.

But shadow home secretary David Davis - who has led Conservative calls for a separate national security minister - has expressed doubts about the proposed split, warning that a break - up of the department could lead to «a whole new set of problems».

Claim: The Telegraph said the shadow environment secretary claimed for stamp duty on a home he jointly owned with his partner.

Update three: Smith sat stoney - faced as Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, began his response for the opposition by marking her «final appearance at the dispatch box» and congratulating her on being the first female home secretary.

The shadow home secretary stumbled but reversing cuts to capital gains tax would pay for 10,000 extra officers

Former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has accused Theresa May of shirking responsibility for the Windrush scandal, in a blistering attack in the Commons today.

Robert Peel is today's Benjamin Disraeli, as the shadow home secretary follows Ed Miliband's path of resurrecting former Tory PMs for their party to emulate

Mrs May told the House Ms Cooper had called for «much stronger action from government to bring illegal immigration down» while serving as shadow home secretary in 2013.

The Clegg initiative by coincidence comes the day after Labour fully joined the debate for the first time when Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, called for a thorough overhaul of the way in which UK intelligence agencies are held to account.

The shadow home secretary and former leadership contender told the Labour Party conference: «It is time for me to turn my full focus to Greater Manchester.

After he was elevated from shadow attorney general to shadow home secretary in 2008, a surprise appointment as David Davis's successor, he had dinner with Rebekah Brooks; her horror at his position on the convention, relayed to Andy Coulson, is said to have been responsible for his losing the job, although Brooks denies it.

Members of this group include Chris Grayling, who was dumped as shadow home secretary by David Cameron in 2009 for saying that people who ran bed and breakfasts in their homes should «have the right» to turn away gay couples.

«The home secretary and prime minister are out of touch with how bad it is for police forces across the country,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

However, shadow home secretary David Davis said the figures raised questions about the government's assessment of offenders for release in the first place, arguing they showed a «serious failure» by ministers to protect the public.

Yesterday, shadow home secretary Andrew Lansley said the NHS «needs to focus on getting more for less».

However, former shadow home secretary David Davis recently criticised the abolition of grammar schools for creating a «dominance» of public school boys in top jobs which had «handicapped the intellectual capacity of the country».

With rumours mounting Mr Brown will move away from a national ID card scheme - increasingly criticised for its cost and implications for civil liberties - the shadow home secretary David Davis has called on the soon - to - be prime minister to make his position clear.

The intervention is the first major statement from the former shadow home secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalithome secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalitHome Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalition.

Until Emily Thornberry's tweet came along and ruined Labour's week, the top story for the opposition was shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper's big speech on immigration.