11 November 2026

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Osborne risks wrath of the mummies

Mothers will lose £180 by 2015, Labour claims

Working mothers face a real-terms cut in benefits as a result of George Osborne’s autumn statement, prompting Labour to attack the chancellor’s ‘mummy tax’.

Sketch: Cooper unites Labour’s plebs

Yvette Cooper knows how to tickle Labour's tummy

Yvette Cooper is becoming an imposing figure on the landscape of the left – even if she did use a lectern for her Labour conference speech in Manchester this morning.

Yvette Cooper speech in full

Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, on police privatisation and financial crime

Read the full speech by Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, on police privatisation, the Olympics and financial crimes, to the Labour party conference in Manchester.

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