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
Linda Cooper (politician) and a "judgmental little cock". A complaint was made with the Auckland Council, and Linda Cooper issued an apology and explained that her use of the word "cock" was to imply that the other user was being a "righteous rooster". She was re-elected to council at the 2016 Auckland elections, and also re-elected to the Waitakere Licensing Trust. In 2017, Cooper announced she would seek selection as the National Party's candidate for Helensville at the 2017 general election. Linda Cooper (politician) The New Zealand politician Linda Ann Cooper has served as a councillor on the Auckland Council since 2013. Cooper