However, Ms Cooper said: "What I won't do is fall in to what I think is a Tory trap of using language which stigmatises those who are not working.
She also appeared to take aim at Andy Burnham - seen as the leadership front-runner - with a warning not to "stigmatise" people on benefits.
The presence of the cameras alone in no way stigmatises law-abiding communities.
Young Muslims blowing up buses and trains - that's what stigmatises communities.
A COVENTRY MP has stepped into the row over a TV licensing campaign which he feels
stigmatises people on the estate where he grew up.