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    Brexit & EconomyPoliticsDarling gets new number two

    Darling gets new number two

    Brown makes history as he establishes the first married couple in cabinet

    Author Writer Date published January 25, 2008 Categories

    The treasury has a new chief secretary in the form of former housing minister
    and wife to secretary Ed Balls, Yvette Cooper.

    The 38-year-old moves into her first full cabinet job, prompted by Gordon
    Brown’s ministerial reshuffle amidst Peter Hain’s departure.

    Cooper, a former economics columnist for the Independent, is to be the
    chancellor’s number two, and another addition to the PM’s inner circle, the
    Guardian
    reported.

    Other moves included that of 37-year-old culture secretary James Purnell,
    promoted to Hain’s job in the Department for Work and Pensions while Andy Burham
    moves from the Treasury to become culture secretary.

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