Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – January 2020 10 Jan 2020 Cladding, transport and the General Election The legacy of the terrible Grenfell tower tragedy still…
Labour’s Climate Change Plans Now is the time we must act on the climate and environmental crises we are facing. It was for this reason that I supported the House of Commons’ declaration of an environment and climate emergency on 1 May. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the international body responsible for… Read more →
Labour’s Commitments on School Funding Labour will ensure that high-quality early years education is available for every child. We will reverse cuts to Sure Start and create provision for a genuinely universal service, focused on the under-2s to rising 5s. Considerable investment will be required to radically reform early years provision over two-terms, and we… Read more →
Labour’s Commitments on Animal Welfare As a vegetarian of over 40 years, I’m a very strong supporter of action to protect our creatures great and small. As a former Environment Secretary, who introduced the Climate Change Bill, steered through the Marine and Coastal Access Act, established the South Downs National Park and set up the… Read more →
Labour’s Plan for Housing Labour pledges to act to bring down the cost of housing, and improve environmental standards, so that everyone has a decent, affordable home. We will create a new Department for Housing and set out a strategy for council-led local construction. Labour plans to use public land to use for low-cost… Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – November 2019 01 Nov 2019 A couple of weeks ago, I attended a very interesting presentation at a local GP surgery on social prescribing. It’s all about trying to help patients with the illnesses and problems they have in a new and different way rather than by writing out yet another prescription. One GP said… Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – October 2019 03 Oct 2019 The latest recipient of a Leeds Civic trust blue plaque is The Holbeck. Known by most people as the Holbeck Working Men’s Club, it is the oldest such club in the country. It began life in 1871 as a community organisation with less than a hundred members. Into the 20th… Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – September 2019 30 Aug 2019 Motorways don’t generally run through the middle of residential areas, so doing repairs and maintenance…
Crisis in Jammu and Kashmir 08 Aug 2019 I have today written to the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on behalf of my many Kashmiri constituents who have contacted me about recent disturbing events in Jammu and Kashmir. I am gravely concerned by India’s unilateral decision to withdraw the region’s autonomy – by revoking Article… Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – August 2019 01 Aug 2019 Someone asked me the other day why MPs use the term advice surgery. Well, I replied, we do give advice but we’re not doctors. But that’s not how one person saw it. The first person who turned up at my very first advice surgery as a councillor many years ago… Read more →
Hilary Benn MP speaks out in support of Alzheimer’s Society dementia care campaign 11 Jul 2019 On Tuesday 9th July, I joined 120 other Members of Parliament at an Alzheimer’s Society…
Hilary at Hunslet Gala 2019 05 Jul 2019 Last Saturday, I had the honour of opening of the Hunslet Gala, it was a wonderful…