Angela Eagle MP Articles

The deputy leader of the House Tom Brake finally announced in his business statement this morning the dates that parliament will sit next year. The dates for the summer conference recess have had to change because Liberal Democrat conference clashes with the Scottish...

I began Business of the House Questions by congratulating Eleanor Laing on her election to the position of deputy speaker. I noted that it’s unusual to see a Scottish Tory getting elected to something! I continued by raising the government’s plans for funding social...

I began Business of the House Questions this morning by echoing the prime minister’s congratulations to Professor Higgs for his Nobel prize in physics for his work explaining why the universe has mass. I think his theory might even be able to explain how badgers can...

I began Business of the House questions this week by raising the Resolution Foundation’s report which showed that one in five workers are paid less than the living wage, a rise of nearly one and a half million in three years. We now know that this government’s...