Margaret Aspinall: Why I’m not afraid to tell Starmer how it is, and the women we should really be praising

Margaret Aspinall, who has campaigned tirelessly for justice since her son was killed in the Hillsborough disaster, speaks to Dan Haygarth as she features on The Independent’s influence list this International Women’s Day


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