Dame Margaret Hodge DBE PC MP is a British Labour politician, who has served as Member of Parliament for Barking since 1994. She was a minister in both the Blair and Brown governments, serving as first Minister for Children and Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries.
The only figure in public life making a robust moral case for the honest payment of tax is Margaret Hodge -- Zoe Williams * Guardian * She's a bit like a tarantula: you don't want to become intimate with it but you admire its danger and grace -- Anonymous Conservative member of the Public Accounts Committee She is fearless, feisty, sharp as a tack and at the top of her game -- Lynn Barber * Sunday Times * A shocking expose of corporate misbehaviour and government waste, it has not had the attention it deserves -- Chris Mullin * Observer *