My day shadowing Yvette Cooper
I arrived at the Department for Work and Pensions at 9:30 and the day started with a team review; which revises everything that needs to be done over the next week. Then I went to a diary meeting with Yvette Cooper (minister for work and pensions) to go over what she has to do and when. Then Yvette had a 1-1 with her permanent secretary so I took the opportunity to get to know the team more and find out what they specialise in. Later on in the day we had a media/press meeting for Yvette to decide whether or not to appear on BBC 10 tonight and various newspaper article plans.
While Yvette had other meetings with her permanent secretary I decided to learn about other departments that work with youth unemployment. Then towards the end of the day we had a 2 hour seminar about youth unemployment and budgeting which included a conference call with someone from New York.
I learnt that the life of a minister can be very hectic, it's very fast paced but you get some amazing rewards out of it.I don't think I could give a specific time of the day that was the best. The whole day was a great opportunity and I recommend anyone who wants to see politics at its highest to go for it to
What I found most surprising was that the minister’s team are very supportive of both the ministers professionally and personally wellbeing.After this day I'd love to go into politics...But at the moment I want to represent the needs of the young people. Over all I learnt so many skills but in particular that that in such a fast paced environment it is much better to work in a team.
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