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Cooper also spoke about the riots that followed the knife attack in Southport and recieved a standing ovation for her comments.<\/p>\n
She said the violent disorder \u201chappened because criminals thought they would get away with it\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were wrong,\u201d she said. \u201cWith Keir Starmer\u2019s leadership, this Labour government made clear\u202fthat we would back our police, not blame them.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a speech peppered with references to a “serious government”, Cooper stressed Labour’s general election victory meant the party was able to introduce policies and told her audience that politics mattered.<\/p>\n
She also addressed migration, saying the asylum system was in chaos and that the government was boosting border security.<\/p>\n
There were also pledges to tackle violence against women and girls, an issue Cooper called “a national emergency”.<\/p>\n
She promised to put domestic abuse specialists into 999 control rooms and to pursue perpetrators who put lives at risk.<\/p>\n
The home secretary said the government wanted to halve violence against women and girls in a decade and declared “our daughters deserve better than this”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n