Maria Eagle Articles

‘No one wants to be called a “predator”’. Angela Eagle talks exclusively to Richard Angell and Adam Harrison The office of the shadow secretary of state for business is no easy place to find. Hidden doors lead to long corridors and spiral staircases as if we have...

Ten years ago today the hunting ban came into force, not just outlawing the cruel pursuit of fox hunting but also other so-called blood sports. Ten years on, it is worth reflecting on the huge national and parliamentary campaign that we needed to ban the outdated...

Over half a million people signed a petition against the government’s plans to sell off the public forest estate in 2012, with countless local groups rising from the Forest of Dean to Morpeth to save their woods. The forest sell off fiasco encapsulated everything that...

The starting point for Labour’s approach has to be an acknowledgement that there is no single homogenous place that is rural Britain. Communities outside our major cities have different histories, cultures and economic profiles and Labour will not make the mistake of...