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January 20 2025 Following Axel Rudakubana's guilty plea, Cooper announced a public inquiry and initiated a review of the Prevent anti-radicalisation programme's intervention thresholds.
November 2024 Cooper voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.
September 2024 Martin Hewitt was appointed as the Border Security Commander by Cooper.
July 7 2024 Cooper announced the establishment of Border Security Command to reduce small boat crossings across the English Channel, funded by money previously allocated to the Rwanda plan.
July 5 2024 Yvette Cooper was appointed home secretary by Keir Starmer in his government after Labour's victory in the general election.
April 2024 Hancock appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast (episode #2136) and debated archeologist Flint Dibble from Cardiff University about his controversial archaeological theories.
2022 Featured in the Netflix series 'Ancient Apocalypse', which explores his alternative theories about ancient civilizations.
November 29 2021 Yvette Cooper was reappointed as shadow home secretary by Keir Starmer in a shadow cabinet reshuffle, replacing Nick Thomas-Symonds.
October 2020 Released her second book 'She Speaks: Women's Speeches That Changed the World, from Pankhurst to Greta', continuing her exploration of significant women's speeches throughout history.
2019 Re-elected to Parliament with a decreased vote share of 37.9% and a decreased majority of 1,276.
2019 Hancock published 'America Before', a book exploring his theory of a lost Ice Age civilization with anthropologist Jeb Card critiquing his claims about a global sea-based society with advanced spiritual and psychic capabilities.
November 2019 Published her first book 'She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices', focusing on women's contributions and voices in society.
April 8 2019 Successfully passed a private members' bill to prevent a 'no-deal' Brexit, with MPs voting 312 to 311 to fast-track the bill into law.
January 2019 Tabled a key amendment to fight against a no-deal Brexit.
2017 Re-elected to Parliament with an increased vote share of 59.5% and a decreased majority of 14,499.
February 2017 Criticised the government's decision to end the Dubs scheme for child refugees after conducting an emergency inquiry.
2016 Spoke about the European refugee crisis at Labour's annual conference.
October 19 2016 Elected chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, winning more votes than fellow candidates Caroline Flint, Chuka Umunna, and Paul Flynn.
2015 During the Labour leadership campaign, Cooper proposed key policy initiatives including reintroducing the 50p income tax rate, creating high-skilled manufacturing jobs, introducing a living wage for social care workers, and committing to construct 300,000 houses annually.
2015 Yvette Cooper was re-elected as MP for Normanton, Pontefract, and Castleford with an increased vote share of 54.9% and an increased majority of 6.7%.
2015 Returned to the back benches after nearly 17 years on the front bench, and was appointed chair of Labour's refugee taskforce.
2015 Published 'Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization' through St. Martin's Press.
September 2015 Resigned as shadow home secretary.
July 2015 Strongly criticized child tax credit cuts announced by George Osborne in the Budget, writing a critique in the New Statesman.
May 13 2015 Announced her candidacy for Leader of the Labour Party, ultimately coming third in the leadership election.
2014 Spoke at the Labour Party Conference about mistreatment of eastern Europeans by migrant labour employers.
2013 Delivered a controversial TEDx talk promoting the use of ayahuasca, a psychoactive drink.
October 2013 Proposed the appointment of a national commissioner for domestic and sexual violence.
October 2013 Concluded her role as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.
October 2013 Criticized government vans with posters urging illegal immigrants to go home, labeling them a 'divisive gimmick'.
February 2013 Recognized as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.
2011 Replaced Ed Balls as shadow home secretary.
2011 Hancock stopped using cannabis after first using ayahuasca six years earlier, crediting the Amazonian brew with helping him overcome his long-term cannabis use.
January 20 2011 Appointed Shadow Home Secretary, replacing Alan Johnson in a shadow cabinet reshuffle and shadowing Theresa May at the Home Office.
2010 After Labour's defeat in the general election, became Shadow Foreign Secretary.
2010 Elected as MP for Normanton, Pontefract, and Castleford with 48.1% of the vote and a majority of 10,979 after her previous constituency was abolished.
2010 Published his first novel 'Entangled: The Eater of Souls', the first in a fantasy series.
2010 Produced the documentary 'Earth Pilgrims' through Earth Pilgrims Inc.
October 2010 Began serving as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.

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