Beefier roles for Cooper and others suggest drive to move Labour party further towards political centre
Keir Starmer has carried out a wholesale overhaul of his shadow cabinet, bringing Yvette Cooper back on to the frontbench as part of a ruthless shakeup widely viewed at Westminster as accelerating Labour’s shift to the centre under his leadership.
Cooper, who served in the last Labour government, will shadow Priti Patel as home secretary, resuming the spiky interactions the pair have had in Cooper’s current role as chair of the home affairs select committee.