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

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – June 2018

“Why are they still using plastic like this when it isn’t recycled?” My wife Sally was standing in the kitchen waving a black plastic tray at me that moments earlier had been home to some prawns. It wasn’t the first time I had been on the receiving end of this…

Windrush

I was contacted by a number of constituents about the Windrush scandal. The Windrush generation were invited here as British citizens to help rebuild the UK after the Second World War. This is their home and they have contributed hugely to our country. Under the Immigration Act 1971, all Commonwealth…

Environmental Protections and the EU (Withdrawal) Bill

Many constituents have contacted me about environmental protections and the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. I agree that leaving the EU must not lead to any watering down of existing standards on the environment and I share the concerns that the EU Withdrawal Bill does not fully provide for the transfer of…

Hilary’s Article for the Yorkshire Evening Post

The Government is in a terrible mess over Brexit. There are bitter divisions in the Cabinet. Ministers can’t agree on what customs arrangements they want after we leave. There still isn’t an answer on how to keep an open trade border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. And two…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – May 2018

They are becoming a familiar sight in parts of our big cities. Cyclists and cars delivering hot food for firms like Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Hungry House and others. All of them make use of the latest technology to link customers to restaurants and takeaways, and riders and drivers to orders.…

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Hilary and his fellow Leeds Labour MPs have written to the Chief Executive of Leeds…