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
Famous and Fearless competed, split into two divisions - boys and girls. On 7 January 2011, Charley Boorman won the boys' group and Kelly Holmes won the girls, with the former becoming the overall champion. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 (Finale) Charley Boorman beat Dame Kelly Holmes in Demolition Derby to become the eventual winner of Famous And Fearless. "Famous and Fearless" received mostly negative reviews from British media outlets. Stuart Heritage of "The Guardian" stated that the contestants were not celebrities and the events were not extreme. He went on to say "Celebrity Big Brother's"