Suella Braverman is part-time interior minister with Trump approach, says Yvette Cooper

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Yvette Cooper dubbed Suella Braverman a “part-time home secretary” as she presented the Labor Party's stand on immigration.

The Shadow Home Secretary, a minister. under Gordon Brown, when Labor was in power, said she "knows what it's like when people take their government seriously."

She said: "The problem with Suella Braverman is that she is a part-time Home Secretary, she is a full-time candidate for leadership of the Conservative Party.

“All she does is make headlines in favor of the conservative party. »

In an interview with The Telegraph coming soon. at the Labor Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Ms Cooper said: "She says things, you understand the rhetoric, but she doesn't do anything.

"Instead it's just about to make the headlines. I think this is more of a Trump kind of approach rather than concrete steps to address the serious challenges facing the country. »

In a wide-ranging interview, Ms Cooper said net migration was too high. and said Labor would issue fewer work visas than is the case under the Conservatives.

"We expect the amount to go down, we think it should go down" , she said of net migration.

She defended international students coming to the UK, arguing they bring “huge investment and benefits”. But Ms Cooper took aim at foreign workers, saying the doubling of work visa numbers is a “problem”.

“It reflects the Government's failure to properly ensure there is training UK. , to properly ensure that we address skills shortages, by having a workforce plan in the UK, for example in healthcare," she told the newspaper.

Ms Cooper stopped short of putting a figure on the number of work visas. Labor would issue visas to the government, but she said "we should not need as many work visas thanks to the plans that we are exposing."

The interview took place as Labor announced plans for police to use counter-terrorism-style tactics to surveil the country's 1,000 most dangerous attackers and sex offenders. England and Wales.

Ms Cooper said officers would be asked to “relentlessly pursue” attackers who pose the greatest risk to police. tools at their disposal.”

As part of these plans, forces would use data and...