Shadow minister: Yvette Cooper is 'more valuable' for being a mother

"Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics." - Julie Nixon Eisenhower View this email in your browser We hear from Labour MP Sharon Hodgson on why she is backing Yvette Cooper for Labour leader. Writing for Politics.co.uk the shadow minister says she would like to see a woman as the next leader of the party and that Cooper has the ideas and energy to change society.  But some of her comments risk reigniting a row between Cooper and leadership rival Liz Kendall after she suggested the shadow home secretary would be a "more valuable" leader as a mother. This is after another Cooper support claimed that as "a working mum" Cooper understood the pressures of family life better than her rivals -a comment which was seen as a jibe at Liz Kendall who does not have children. Latest Articles     Shadow minister: Yvette Cooper is 'more valuable' for being a mother     On Aug 10, 2015 12:04 pm Sharon Hodgson MP risks reigniting row with supporters of rival Liz Kendall Read more... »       Comment: Why our next leader should be a woman called Yvette   On Aug 10, 2015 11:25 am Shadow children and families minister explains why she's backing Yvette Cooper Read more... »   Opinion Former videos   A sustainable public transport system   On Aug 05, 2015 04:47 pm Go-Ahead Group's approach to a sustainable public transport network, which is vital to the economic development of the UK. Read more... » Cinderella and the BIBA broker   On Aug 04, 2015 09:23 am Cinderella suffers an unfortunate incident. Luckily, she got her insurance through a BIBA broker and everyone lived happily ever after. Read more... »   Opinion Formers articles     Trade Union bill is 'an attack on all working people' The Tories' latest attacks on Trade Unions are about as vindictive and nasty as they could possibly get, and go further than even Thatcher would have dared. Read more... »   The urgent need for the UK to raise its game on number and data skills Can we ever get to a position where people across the UK are proud of their fluency with numbers, and where no-one will say unashamedly that 'I can't do maths'? Read more... »   Opinion Formers press releases     Forth Bangladeshi humanist blogger Niloy Neel hacked to death by Islamist extremists The British Humanist Association (BHA) has called on the UK Government to speak out on the growing crisis in Bangladesh, following the murder of a fourth humanist blogger in a very short space of time. Read more... »   Ofcom smartphone report highlights need for urgent overhaul of 999 services As Ofcom's 2015 Communications Market Report reveals that smartphones have become the hub of our daily lives, technology experts are warning that there is a urgent need to make radical changes to the emergency '999' call service to reflect the digital age. Read more... »     Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2015 Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd) 501 Metropolitan Wharf Building 70 Wapping Wall London, E1W 3SS United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences