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	<title>Hilary Benn MP</title>
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	<description>Member of Parliament for Leeds Central</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Our New Leadership Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown is going to be a great Prime Minister and I want to offer Harriet my warmest congratulations on her victory.
This has been a very positive election campaign for the party and we are relishing the challenge ahead. 
I would particularly like to thank my wonderful campaign team, led by Ian McCartney MP, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Launch Speech at Toynbee Hall</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/speeches-articles/campaign-launch-speech-at-toynbee-hall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 20:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Speeches &amp; Articles</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for coming here this morning. It has been a hectic few days at Westminster. Days in which Labour MPs have had their say about the future leadership of our party. 
But now it’s time for you - the grassroots of our party - to have your say, because this election will not, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where does development fit in foreign policy?</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/speeches-articles/where-does-development-fit-in-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Speeches &amp; Articles</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speech to CIC, New York. April 16th 2007.
Click here to read AC Grayling’s Guardian “Comment is Free” article on this speech
The history of human progress teaches us that we gain most when we co-operate and that politics is the best means we have to build society. Institutions that protect our dealings with each other. Economies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank &#8216;must act on climate&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/news/world-bank-must-act-on-climate/</link>
		<comments>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/news/world-bank-must-act-on-climate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category>News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The World Bank needs to set bold new targets to help tackle climate change, UK International Development Secretary Hilary Benn has said.  
Speaking ahead of Word Bank meetings in Washington at the weekend, he wants to see new global levels for investment in renewables and energy efficiency.
Read the BBC news coverage here.
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		<title>The Muslim community’s enormous contribution to life in Britain</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/speeches-articles/the-muslim-community%e2%80%99s-enormous-contribution-to-life-in-britain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Speeches &amp; Articles</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speech to the Muslim News Awards for Excellence, Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
Good evening ladies and gentleman, As-salaamu Alaikum.
Can I begin by thanking you very much indeed for inviting me to join you for this celebration this evening. This is a chance to acknowledge and to say thank you to individuals who are making a real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speech to the TUC Slavery Conference: Am I Not a Man and a Brother?</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/speeches-articles/speech-to-the-tuc-slavery-conference-am-i-not-a-man-and-a-brother/</link>
		<comments>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/speeches-articles/speech-to-the-tuc-slavery-conference-am-i-not-a-man-and-a-brother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Speeches &amp; Articles</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for inviting me here today as we commemorate the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act – ending the slave trade in the British Empire.
That was a historic achievement.
The slave trade was one of humanity’s most profound failures.
• 12 million men, women and children kidnapped from their homes, crammed on top of another into slave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Environmental Revolution: How green politics can renew Labour</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/speeches-articles/the-environmental-revolution-how-green-politics-can-renew-labour/</link>
		<comments>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/speeches-articles/the-environmental-revolution-how-green-politics-can-renew-labour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Speeches &amp; Articles</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speech to SERA.
Thank you.
It’s now a week since we published the Climate Change Bill.
I don’t know how many of you followed all the newspaper coverage. But just in case you missed it:
- The Mirror printed a picture of Gordon Brown’s head superimposed on the Incredible Hulk’s body, squashing “leprechaun Dave” on the environment;
- Tony Juniper publicly congratulated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women’s Rights: Making Our World More Secure</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/speeches-articles/speech-on-women%e2%80%99s-day-women%e2%80%99s-rights-making-our-world-more-secure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Speeches &amp; Articles</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First of all can I thank you very much indeed for doing me the honour of inviting me here today to celebrate International Women’s Day.
It’s a day that was born in the socialist movement almost 100 years ago, out of the struggle of women demanding shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress Interview</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/news/progress-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/news/progress-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category>News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewed in the march edition of Progress, Hilary explains why he wants to be Deputy Leader, and what he would do. He also sets out his vision of a more &#8220;straightforward politics&#8221;.
&#8220;I believe in straightforward politics,&#8221; he says. &#8220;I think people are yearning for straightforward politics, because they know leading government is difficult and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The challenge of reducing poverty: Comparing developed and developing countries</title>
		<link>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/news/the-challenge-of-reducing-poverty-comparing-developed-and-developing-countries/</link>
		<comments>http://hilarybenn.org/2007/news/the-challenge-of-reducing-poverty-comparing-developed-and-developing-countries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Speech to the ODI, Fabian Society and APGOOD at the Institute for Education.
Thanks John.
I’m really grateful to the ODI, to Simon, to the Fabian Society, to Sunder, and to APGOOD for bringing us all together today, because I think people fighting against poverty in Britain and people fighting against poverty in the developing world don’t [...]]]></description>
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