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Yvette Cooper is one of Labour's most experienced figures: an MP since 1997, Work and Pensions Secretary under Gordon Brown, chair of the Home Affairs Committee from 2016 to 2021, Home Secretary from 2024 — where she launched the Border Security Command — and Foreign Secretary since September 2025.
As of mid-July 2026, betting markets make her the favourite to become Andy Burnham's Chancellor. An economist by training (Harvard, LSE), she would arrive at the Treasury with the Autumn Budget — and the funding questions around Burnham's property tax and energy ideas — waiting.
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