Labour's Yvette Cooper reveals that as a young mum she once hid from Tony Blair while she looked after her young child
Ms Cooper, who represents Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, West Yorkshire, is married to Ed Balls, who was also a Labour MP until 2015 for neighbouring Morley and Outwood.
You can listen to Nick Robinson's full interview with Yvette Cooper on at 17:30 BST on Saturday on BBC Radio 4. It will also be available on BBC Sounds and on theMs Cooper said she had told a journalist about the arrangement and, when it was reported, that "a senior cabinet minister, who was very supportive, said, 'No, you shouldn't be saying this... People will think you're not doing the work.
"I would have that sense of 'I'm trying to pretend I'm a professional'. We had this one point where I was on the train - I was aiming to get off at Doncaster - and the whole Tony Blair prime ministerial entourage comes sweeping down the platform and I literally hid," she said.
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