Yvette Cooper

Yvette Cooper is a British politician and has been a Labour party MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 1997. She has spoken about suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, which began when she was 24, and lasted three years. Despite this when she was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions she agreed to a harsher benefits regime.

Talks and interviews

 * 2011 - Hay festival: Yvette Cooper talks of battle with ME

Articles

 * 1996 - Tired of all this miserable ME stuff

Online presence

 * Twitter
 * Facebook
 * Website/Blog
 * YouTube

Learn more

 * Wikipedia