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
Andrew Cooper, Baron Cooper of Windrush back John Major and the Conservative Party. Lord Cooper was educated at Reigate Grammar School, Reigate, Surrey, and at London School of Economics. He is married and has three daughters. Andrew Cooper, Baron Cooper of Windrush Andrew Timothy Cooper, Baron Cooper of Windrush (born 9 June 1963) is a British Conservative politician. Lord Cooper of Windrush is co-founder of the research and strategy consultancy Populus Ltd. He took a leave of absence from Populus to serve from March 2011 to October 2013 as Director of Strategy in the Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, where he was architect of then