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'''Yvette Cooper''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] politician and has been a Labour party MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10131/yvette_cooper/normanton,_pontefract_and_castleford|title=Yvette Cooper MP, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford - TheyWorkForYou|website=TheyWorkForYou|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref> She has spoken about suffering from [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis|Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]], which began when she was 24, and lasted three years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/8557386/Hay-festival-Yvette-Cooper-talks-of-battle-with-ME.html|title=Hay festival: Yvette Cooper talks of battle with ME|last=Gordon|first=Bryony|date=2011-06-05|access-date=2018-11-23|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/tired-of-all-this-miserable-me-stuff-5597991.html|title=Tired of all this miserable ME stuff|last=Cooper|first=Yvette|date=Oct 4, 1996|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-11-23|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|language=en-GB}}</ref> Despite this when she was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions she agreed to a harsher benefits regime [https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/1207-even-harsher-new-esa-medical-approved https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/1207-even-harsher-new-esa-medical-approved.]<br />
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==Talks and interviews==<br />
* 2011 - [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/8557386/Hay-festival-Yvette-Cooper-talks-of-battle-with-ME.html Hay festival: Yvette Cooper talks of battle with ME]<br />
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== Articles ==<br />
* 1996 - [https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/tired-of-all-this-miserable-me-stuff-5597991.html Tired of all this miserable ME stuff]<br />
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==Online presence==<br />
*Twitter<br />
*[http://www.facebook.com/YvetteCooperMP Facebook]<br />
*Website/Blog<br />
*YouTube<br />
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==See also==<br />
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==Learn more==<br />
*Wikipedia<br />
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==References==<br />
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