All articles written by Hilary Benn MP on PoliticsHome.com

20 Apr 2023 Foreign affairs

Britain must keep up pressure to end conflict in Sudan

The fighting that has erupted in Sudan is the result of a bitter power struggle between two generals, and while no one can say for sure who fired the first shot, international efforts to try and broker a ceasefire, at the time of writing, have proved unsuccessful.

10 Nov 2022 Brexit

Repairing our damaged relationship with the EU is vital to boost trade

Last week, the government celebrated International Trade Week. Across the United Kingdom, events were held on decarbonising business, harnessing new technology and building global partnerships.

11 Oct 2022 Foreign affairs

The Foreign Secretary must act fast to tackle the crisis in UK aid transparency

As foreign secretary last year, the Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke of a Global Britain planting its flag on the world stage and tackling major challenges alongside our friends and allies. Now we know that this was nothing more than empty rhetoric as we face an unprecedented crisis in United Kingdom aid.

How The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is continuing to unite a community in Leeds

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23 Aug 2022 Environment

How The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is continuing to unite a community in Leeds

Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee played a major role in bringing us back together following the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to National Lottery players Good Causes from across the UK were able to apply for a share of £22 million of National Lottery funding committed to the Platinum Jubilee across community, arts, sport and environmental initiatives to mark the milestone. Hundreds of grants were made to organisations the length and breadth of the UK, including to Friends of Skelton Grange in Leeds, which was awarded funding for its ‘Queen of Spades’ Platinum Jubilee project.

02 Apr 2021 Transport

Achieving net zero by 2030 will be impossible if the Leeds Bradford airport expansion goes ahead

In the year the UK is hosting the COP26 conference, allowing this expansion to go ahead would be a big mistake.

03 Feb 2021 Communities

The Fire Safety Bill must ensure leaseholders are protected from paying for safety failings

This is a story of monumental regulatory failure - of flats being built as cheaply as possible, in many cases without even complying with the building regulations.

23 Nov 2020 Brexit

It’s vital Britain secures an EU trade deal for our future growth and economic stability

The consequences of Brexit for business and the economy will be bad for future growth at a time when we are already facing an economic crisis because of Covid. Securing an EU trade deal, even a thin one, will be better than leaving without a deal at all.

28 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Committee chairs protest Government plans to "undermine" scrutiny

Influential backbenchers have tabled an amendment to try to prevent the Government installing its own choice as chair of the powerful Liaison Committee

23 Mar 2020 Brexit

How did the Exiting the European Union Committee contribute to the wider Brexit process?

Hilary Benn MP reflects on the experience of the House of Commons Committee on Exiting the European Union – now the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union – which he chairs.

11 Feb 2020 Communities

Leaseholders should not have to pay to feel safe in their own homes

The Government must step in now and extend the coverage of its cladding replacement fund to all types of blocks that have been identified as unsafe

17 Dec 2018 Brexit

A second referendum may be the only way to break the Brexit deadlock

Parliament must have a series of votes on all the Brexit options. If there is no alternative deal that can win the support of MPs, then the only way to resolve this may be to go back to the British people, writes Hilary Benn