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
Yvette Tollar Yvette Tollar Yvette Tollar is a Canadian jazz vocalist born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has released two full-length CDs, "Cactus Flowers" (2001) and "Ima" (2008). "Ima" was a nominee for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards. Yvette Tollar comes from a musical family. Her brother is Ernie Tollar. He is a saxophone and woodwind player who has played with jazz vocalist Holly Cole and big band NOJO. Yvette is married to electric bassist Rich Brown. Yvette studied jazz music with vocalist Sheila Jordan in New York and with Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, and Kenny