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What roles has Yvette Cooper held in the U.K. government?

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Yvette Cooper has held various roles in Britainā€™s Labour Party, including chief secretary to the treasury, secretary of state for work and pensions, shadow home secretary, secretary of state for the home department, and secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth, and development affairs. As foreign secretary she ordered Peter Mandelson, Britainā€™s ambassador to the United States, to return home in light of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. She also called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign. However, in the new Labour Party government of Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Cooper was replaced in her role as foreign secretary, becoming health secretary, in July 2026.