Speeches and Articles - Hilary Benn - Labour MP for Leeds South

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – July 2025

Galas, railways and government It’s been quite a summer so far. On 12 June, the Environment Agency announced a drought for the Yorkshire region following the driest spring in 132 years, and the past month has been exceptionally warm across the UK, with some areas experiencing their hottest June on…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – June 2025

Trade deals and Winter Fuel Payment It has been a quite a month for the United Kingdom when it comes to trade agreements with other countries. First were the deals the Government reached with India and the USA which will open up new opportunities for our exporters. In the case…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – May 2025

LUFC, Holbeck Viaduct, Steel and Golf First things first. Many many congratulations to Leeds United on gaining promotion to the Premiership. It’s where the club belongs, it’s great news for our city and let us all hope this will be the start of a new era of success in the…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – April 2025

Extra care flats and disability benefits Not everything in life is certain, but one thing is. We will all get old, and our thoughts will then turn to where are we going to live out our days. Well, I saw a wonderful answer recently when I attended the formal opening…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – March 2025

Imagine you are starting out as a young scientific researcher. You have an idea and want to test it in a laboratory, but you don’t have one. What can you do? Step forward a new company based in Holbeck called QuickLabs which has been created to solve this problem by…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – February 2025

Liver disease, red plaques and primary pupils’ questions I paid a very interesting visit to the Liver Unit at St James’s Hospital recently alongside my Parliamentary colleagues Richard Burgon and Fabian Hamilton. The transplant unit in Leeds does about 140 liver transplants a year and we met on Zoom one…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – January 2025

Happy New Year to all readers of South Leeds Life. I’m not really a big fan of New Year resolutions, but this year I have promised that I will finally get my hearing tested. I’ve come to realise that my answer to too many questions put to me these days…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life, November 2024

Healthcare I recently visited the new Community Diagnostic Centre in Beeston. It offers a range of tests – blood tests, spirometry (I learned that’s to do with lungs and breathing) and heart monitoring – and the great thing is that people don’t have to go to the LGI or Jimmy’s…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life, October 2024

The Battle of Holbeck Moor When I studied history at school, the Battle of Holbeck Moor didn’t feature on the curriculum, unlike other very famous battles like Waterloo, the Somme and El Alamein. But what happened on the Moor that day was a very significant event in the history of…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – September 2024

Northern Ireland, racist violence and a postal package First of all, my thanks to everyone who supported me in the recent general election. It is a great honour and a privilege to have been re-elected as your MP – on this occasion for the new constituency of Leeds South –…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – May 2024

Clocks, Rwanda and shop workers I much enjoyed my visit to the Middleton Railway on the occasion of their recent open day. As ever, the volunteers had put on a wonderful demonstration of the living history that embodies the Trust. One of the display items that caught my eye was…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – April 2024

I’ve written in my column before about the housing crisis in Leeds – and elsewhere – which is affecting a growing number of people. The size of the housing waiting list is going up while the supply of houses has been going down. So having read in a recent edition…

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