Yvette Cooper buyers will find average house prices are ten times their salary. That could lead to real social inequality and injustice. Every part of the country needs more affordable homes – in the North and the South, in urban and rural communities". In 2008, Cooper became the first woman to serve as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. As her husband, Ed Balls, was already a cabinet minister, her promotion meant that the two became the first married couple ever to sit in the cabinet together. In 2009, Cooper was appointed as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and took over
Boys and Girls (1983 film) Boys and Girls (1983 film) Boys and Girls is a 1983 Canadian short film directed by Don McBrearty. The film won an Academy Award in 1984 for Best Short Subject. "Boys and Girls" is based on Alice Munro's short story of the same name, written in 1968. It is a coming of age story about a girl growing up on a farm having to accept that in her lifetime she will always be considered "only a girl". In this film, it emphasizes the almost invisible social forces shaping children. In this case, the girl and her brother Laird become gendered