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Angela Eagle MP Articles

Round and round in circles

Yesterday the government proposed some very sensible measures to toughen rules for EU migrants, including banning out of work benefits and quadrupling fines for bosses not paying the minimum wage. Labour suggested a lot of these proposals eight months ago, so I asked...

Disappearing promises

The Conservative party spent last week trawling the annals of its website to confine all of their pre-election promises to the outer reaches of the dark web.  One of the deleted lines was a promise by the chancellor to: 'Harness the internet to help us become more...

The blame game

I started off Business of the House Questions by reminding the house of the sacrifice made by our armed forces as we approach Remembrance Sunday. We all wear our poppies with pride. I then raised this week’s devastating public accounts committee report on the...

Tricks, not treats

I began business questions by raising the report from Age UK published this week which warned that three million elderly people are worried about staying warm in their own homes this winter. Despite these shocking figures all the government does is act as a mouthpiece...