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Yvette Cooper – brytyjska polityk, członek Partii Pracy, minister w rządzie Gordona Browna. Pierwsza kobieta na stanowisku naczelnego sekretarza skarbu.

Jest córką Tony'ego Coopera, byłego przewodniczącego British Nuclear Industry Forum. Wykształcenie odebrała w Eggar's School, Alton College oraz w Balliol College na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim. Uczelnię ukończyła z tytułem bakałarza politologii, filozofii i ekonomii. W 1991 r. uzyskała stypendium Kennedy'ego i rozpoczęła studia na Uniwersytecie Harvarda, który ukończyła z tytułem magistra ekonomii.

Początek jej kariery politycznej przypadł na rok 1990, kiedy została doradcą ekonomicznym Johna Smitha, Kanclerza Skarbu w gabinecie cieni. W 1992 r. pracowała przy kampanii prezydenckiej Billa Clintona. W tym samym roku została doradczynią nowego opozycyjnego Kanclerza Skarbu, Gordona Browna. W 1994 r. rozpoczęła pracę w Centre for Economic Performance. W 1995 r. została korespondentem ekonomicznym The Independent. Była nim do 1997 r., kiedy to została wybrana do Izby Gmin jako reprezentantka okręgu Pontefract and Castleford.

Swoją pierwszą mowę na forum parlamentu wygłosiła 2 lipca 1997 r., w której wypowiedziała się na temat bezrobocia w swoim okręgu wyborczym. Początkowo pracowała w komisji edukacji i zatrudnienia. W 1999 r. została parlamentarnym podsekretarzem stanu w ministerstwie zdrowia. W 2003 r. rozpoczęła pracę w Urzędzie Zastępcy Premiera. Po wyborach 2005 r. została ministrem stanu w tymże urzędzie. W 2007 r. została ministrem stanu ds. budownictwa i planowania z prawem uczestniczenia w posiedzeniach ścisłego gabinetu. W 2008 r. została członkiem gabinetu jako naczelny sekretarz skarbu. 5 czerwca 2009 r. została ministrem pracy i emerytur. Pozostała na tym stanowisku do przegranych wyborów w 2010 r.

Jej mężem jest Ed Balls, były minister dzieci, szkół i rodzin. Ed i Yvette pobrali się 10 stycznia 1998 r. w Eastbourne. Mają razem troje dzieci: Ellie, Joego i Maddy. Po urodzeniu syna w 2001 r. była pierwszym członkiem rządu, który udał się na urlop macierzyński. Lubi pływać i malować portrety. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Marzec 1969
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“Nigel Farage is still trying to whip up fear and hatred towards refugees who are fleeing from conflict. It was extremely ill-judged of him to describe himself as a victim.”

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Response on Farage's denial for being responsible for whipping up hate against immigrants - Nigel Farage says he is a victim of poltical hatred in response to Jo Cox question http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-jo-cox-dead-murdered-peston-brexit-eu-referendum-ukip-political-hatred-a7089996.html (19 June 2016)

“I decided I don't want to go for the top job now. I could be working for another 25 years and I'd like to be reading bedtime stories to my children for another two or three years.”

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On why she did not nominate herself to become Leader of the Labour Party, during BBC's Today Programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00v6by4/Profile_Yvette_Cooper_Shadow_Foreign_Secretary, May, 2010.

“It's a great honour for me; it's such an important job.”

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On her appointment as Shadow Foreign Secretary http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11515922, October, 2010.

“Sexism in politics is nothing new when you're standing for election. But don't stand for election and it's almost as bad. Shockingly, David Cameron thought it acceptable to claim this week that my decision not to run for the Labour leadership was because my husband, Ed Balls, "stopped [me] from standing."”

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In an article written for The Guardian, Why I'm not standing for Labour leader – this time http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/28/yvette-cooper-labour-leadership, 28 May, 2010.

“I have to say, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the Ministers are like fraudsters in the fairy tale, telling gullible Liberal Democrat MPs about the beautiful progressive clothes that the emperor is wearing, if only they are clever enough and loyal enough to see them. And desperately, we have Liberal Democrats clinging to shreds of invisible cloth, reaching deep into their Liberal and Conservative history to pretend that they can be progressive now. They are claiming that Keynes might have backed the Budget. They are calling on Beveridge for support, kidding themselves that they can call on their history and that they are following in the footsteps of great liberal Conservatives like Winston Churchill, who supported the minimum wage, but the truth is that the emperor has no clothes.
The truth is that if you look at the detail, the Budget is nastier than any brought in by Margaret Thatcher. Instead of Churchill, Keynes or the founders of the welfare state, the Liberal Democrats have signed up, with the Right Honourable Member for Chingford and his Chancellor, to cut support for the poor. It is perhaps apt that in this week of World Cup disappointments, it was actually a footballer who got it right. In 2002, after England were defeated in the World Cup by Brazil, Gareth Southgate reflected ruefully on England's performance and said:
"We were expecting Winston Churchill and instead got Iain Duncan Smith."
That is the reality for the Liberal Democrats now. With all their high hopes, they have betrayed the poor and the vulnerable, whom they stood up to defend.
[The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb) rose]
I will give way to the hon. Gentleman because I know he has a history of supporting people on low incomes and I do not know why he is betraying it now.”

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During a budget response debate http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100628/debtext/100628-0012.htm, 28 July, 2010. Link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtORBuxY0MU.

“Cut is the Sure Start maternity allowance. Has [the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith] no idea at all that supporting a family and getting the children out of poverty when the babies are born can save money from the public purse for years to come? Instead, he wants to cut support from the babes in their mothers' arms. At least Margaret Thatcher had the grace to wait until the children were weaned before snatching their support.”

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During a budget response debate http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100628/debtext/100628-0012.htm, 28 July, 2010.

“Some in the Labour Party want to blame our defeat only on the leadership. Others want to blame it only on Brexit . Yet it was about both of those things and more. In our towns in Yorkshire, we knocked on thousands of doors trying to persuade people to stick with Labour. Some said they just didn’t want Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister. Others were fearful that we wouldn’t stand up for national security. Some wanted Brexit done and felt angry and let down. We found little enthusiasm for Boris Johnson. One woman told me in tears that she was voting Tory for the first time and she was furious with us for making her feel like she had to do it.”

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From an article in the Daily Mirror in responce to the poor result from Labour in the 2019 General Election - Yvette Cooper: Labour did badly in the election but will pull UK together https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/yvette-cooper-labour-badly-election-21178805 December 2019