shadow home secretary yvette cooper — britain. shadow home secretary yvette cooper there _ britain. yvette cooper there at the - britain. shadow home secretary. yvette cooper there at the county britain. shadow home secretary - yvette cooper there at the county in wakefield. joe twyman from the polling organisation deltapoll is here. what did you make of what you heard from yvette cooper? obviously, we are tussling over how much progress labour has actually made, it looks pretty modest — important gains in places like the capital and southampton, for example, but certainly not universal. yeah, what we're hearing from yvette cooper is an example of the kind of stories that the party is always hope to spin the morning after results come in. each party will point to something that they see as a success, but the reality is that most of the time tends to be a mixed bag, and we have certainly seen a mixed bag for labour today, in areas like, as you talked about in london, barnet, wandsworth, particularly westminster, to see those go to labour is a big psychological success. but for labour

the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, joins me now. us this afternoon. let's talk about this mi5 agent who is said to have used his position to control and abuse of a female partner who is not taking legal action against the security service. what do you believe the home secretary should do in this court casethe report shows a very disturbing images of court casethe report shows a very disturbing images 0— court casethe report shows a very disturbing images 0 disturbing images of abuse. i think civen the disturbing images of abuse. i think given the seriousness _ disturbing images of abuse. i think given the seriousness of— disturbing images of abuse. i think given the seriousness of this, - disturbing images of abuse. i think given the seriousness of this, the l given the seriousness of this, the home secretary needs to make sure there is an independent assessment about this case, looking notjust at the agent, but also at the investigation as well, because when you have a crime as serious as domestic abuse, victims need to know it is

yvette cooper, the labour shadow home secretary has asked for there to be an independent assessment oft how m15 deals with domestic abuse. ihla mi5 deals with domestic abuse. no doubt we will be talking again about but for now, many thanks. 11 new cases of monkeypox at been confirmed in the uk, the health secretary has said. the new cases come on top of the nine previously identified with the nine previously identified with the initial case having returned from travel to nigeria. monkeypox is a rare viral infection which is usually mild and recovered from in a few weeks. it does not spread easily between people. the world health organization says there are 37 confirmed cases and 71 cases under investigation worldwide and it is holding meetings daily to discuss the outbreak. nurseries in england say plans to allow staff to look after more children will not cut costs for parents. says it is considering changing the rules to try to help reduce the expense of childcare amidst the growing cost of living crisis with that they say it could improve choice and availability of childcare places.