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Only a few weeks after leaving a ministerial role at the department, Dame Angela Eagle has been appointed as Defra secretary in new prime minister Andy…
An AHDB review of training provision across the English pig sector has set out proposals for coordinated action to strengthen recruitment, retention, skills development and career…
The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA) is launching a new survey to better understand the current challenges the pig sector faces and awareness of the Fair Dealing…
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Dame Angela Eagle returns to Defra as secretary of state
0Only a few weeks after leaving a ministerial role at the department, Dame Angela Eagle has been appointed as Defra secretary in new prime minister Andy Burnham’s first cabinet. Dame Angela replaces Emma Reynolds who has been appointed as chief secretary to the Treasury, after just under a year in the Defra role. Dame Angela, MP for Wallasey since 1992, was appointed at the same time as Ms Reynolds as a Defra minister in September 2025. She was replaced as minister of state for food security and rural affairs at the department by Stephen Morgan in June when she was…