June 25th, 2007

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 […]

April 12th, 2007

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.

March 5th, 2007

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 “straightforward politics”.
“I believe in straightforward politics,” he says. “I think people are yearning for straightforward politics, because they know leading government is difficult and that […]

February 20th, 2007

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 […]

February 14th, 2007

Read Hilary interviewed in the Financial Times

February 12th, 2007

Hilary answers readers questions in the The Independent. 12 February 2007.

January 29th, 2007

Mike Ion interviewed Hilary for Labourhome today. Click the title of this article to watch the interview.

January 26th, 2007

A commitment to multilateralism in Britain’s foreign policy is necessary to deal with the new challenges the world faces and would bring people back to Labour said Hilary Benn MP, the International Development Secretary.
In a keynote speech today on trust in politics he argued that the best way to deal with crimes against humanity is […]

January 18th, 2007

Read Hilary’s comments in The Guardian.

January 17th, 2007

Read about what The Economist thinks about Hilary.