Yvette Cooper

Yvette Cooper is currently serving as the UK's Health Secretary, a role where she is addressing significant pressures on the National Health Service (NHS). She has warned that the NHS must prepare for annual summer crises, comparable to winter pressures, due to routine heatwaves caused by the climate crisis. Cooper is also championing a reform of maternity standards, aiming to alleviate pressure on women to have an "ideal birth" following several maternity scandals. Her return to the health department, after previously serving as Minister for Public Health, highlights her continued focus on health policy. Cooper has also been critical of the Labour party's recent performance, suggesting they "did not do government very well" under Keir Starmer's leadership, and has spoken about her experience as Home Secretary.