Yvette Cooper

"some of our findings as a 'disgrace'"

"We believe that violent settler groups should not be profiting from the land that they have seized from Palestinians."

"Today we are acting with our international partners to sanction those who support and sponsor violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank."

"Settler expansion and violence is illegal and a fundamental threat to the viability of a two-state solution, and to long-term peace and security for Palestinians and Israelis."

"If you are a British citizen or business, you should not conduct any economic and financial activities in illegal Israeli settlements."

"we must prevent the destabilization of the West Bank and preserve the viability of a Palestinian state."

"This is an unmanned drone strike, specifically on the airport runway and we’re not able to provide further information and detail at this point."

"We are working on every possible option."

"there were an estimated 300,000 British citizens in the region."

"Britain has already brought in additional radar, air and counter-drone capabilities."

"This is about how we make sure we have a stronger Europe within a stronger Nato."

"With deep precision strike capability, the UK and our allies will be able to hit high value military targets and the logistical engines that drive armies, deterring any aggressor and strengthening our mutual security."

"The thing I’ve learnt doing this job is that you have to focus on substance and not on social media posts."

"the first strike targeted the runway and precautionary measures are now being taken around the base."

"It won't surprise you that we don't agree with President Trump on every issue."

"I just disagree."

"It’s for the US president to decide what he thinks is in the US national interest, and that’s for him to do. But it is our job as the UK government to decide what’s in the UK national interest, and that doesn’t mean simply agreeing with other countries or outsourcing our foreign policy to other countries."

"We have to learn the lessons from Iraq."

"I think the point is to make sure that actually we learn the lessons from some of the things that went wrong in Iraq."

"I don’t think either of those positions is in the UK national interest, and it is the responsibility for Keir Starmer to act in the UK’s national interest for British citizens."

"Sir Keir Starmer was right to stand up for Britain's interests."

"It’s for the US president to decide what he thinks is in the US national interest, and that’s for him to do."

"There are people who think we should just unquestioningly do so, and that I just think is not in the UK’s national interest."

"I also think it is important to learn lessons from what went wrong in Iraq."

"Sir Keir Starmer was 'right to stand up for Britain's interests' and that the UK government would not agree with the president 'on every issue'."

"hit back at President Trump's criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran."

"We need to see a swift resolution to this conflict that restores the regional stability."

"Yvette Cooper has hit back at President Trump's criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran."

"We have seen Iran hijack an international shipping route to hold the global economy hostage."

"We have seen Iran hijack an international shipping route to hold the global economy hostage."

"Iranian recklessness for largely closing off the strait."

"coordinated action was needed to pressure Iran into reopening the strait"

"I've been clear: the NHS has to make sure we are preparing for summer pressures now in the same way we prepare for winter."

"make sure that the rules are being properly enforced because we cannot have employers getting round the rules or finding different ways to deviate"

"Yvette Cooper has hit back at President Trump's criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran."

"will assess all viable diplomatic and political measures we can take to restore freedom of navigation, guarantee the safety of trapped ships and seafarers and to resume the movement of vital commodities"

"The fundamental freedoms of the seas must not be unilaterally withdrawn or sold off to individual bidders. Nor can there be any place for tolls on an international waterway. Freedom of navigation means navigation must be free."

"The fundamental freedoms of the seas must not be unilaterally withdrawn or sold off to individual bidders."

"We want to see Lebanon included in the ceasefire."