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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…
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Dame Angela Eagle returns as Defra ministers reshuffled
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. She 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 appointed…