News from Hilary - Hilary Benn - Labour MP for Leeds South

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – February 2019

A journalist asked me the other day how my constituents are feeling about Brexit. I replied that judging by my inbox they are pretty much split down the middle. On the one hand, people say ‘I just want out’ while on the other people plead ‘Can’t you stop Brexit?’ And…

Brexit update

The last few days and weeks have been terrible for our country. Everyone I meet is full of uncertainty about what is going to happen. One thing is, however, crystal clear. The Government’s Brexit deal has been overwhelmingly rejected by the House of Commons. It was the largest defeat for…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – December 2018

Between April and September this year, the Trussell Trust – the UK’s largest emergency food provider – gave 658,048 food parcels to people in crisis. If someone had suggested, say, 40 years ago that so many of our fellow citizens would need to go up to a complete stranger and…

Why I will be voting against the Government’s Brexit agreement

Thanks to all of you who have been in touch with me about the forthcoming vote in the House of Commons on the Prime Minister’s Brexit agreement with the European Union. I campaigned to remain in the EU, but I respect the referendum result. I will, however, be voting against…

Hilary’s Article for the Yorkshire Evening Post

Nowadays, barely an advice surgery of mine goes by without someone asking for help with their personal independence payment (PIP). PIP has replaced the old disability living allowance and as a result many people are going through new assessments. Mainly, people come about decisions to refuse them PIP or to…

Britain and the World after Brexit

It is a great honour to have been invited to give this the third Harold Wilson Memorial lecture here at the University of Bradford with which he had such a long and close association. Little did I know when, as an 11 year-old, I attended a Labour Party rally in…

Universal Credit

I have been contacted by a number of constituents about the rollout of Universal Credit (UC). I share concerns about what is happening. Despite being the Government’s flagship welfare reform it has been plagued by problems in its design and delivery. UC was intended to lift people out of poverty…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – November 2018

It is sadly all too common in our big cities these days, Leeds included, to see people sitting on the ground asking for money or huddled up against the cold sleeping in doorways. Homelessness is on the increase, but the vast majority of people affected contact their local council to…

Hilary Visits Middleton Railway

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of visiting Middleton Railway to open the Last Coals…

Brexit – What happens next?

Thanks to all of you who have been in touch about the Brexit process, what happens next and whether there should be a public vote on the outcome. I was a passionate Remainer but I respect and accept the outcome of the June 2016 referendum on our membership of the…

Tackling Anti-Semitism and Promoting Unity

I have been contacted by a number of people about the issue of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party and the events of the last few months. Here are my reflections. I strongly reject the suggestion that Labour is an institutionally racist Party, although the way in which the anti-Semitism issue…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – September 2018

Last Saturday, I went to Leeds station to talk to the guards who are in dispute with Northern Rail over their future role. They are opposing driver-only operation and campaigning in support of keeping guards on the trains. I think they are right to be doing so for many reasons,…

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