The Latest Breaking News from Hilary Benn

Book by Labour’s Rachel Reeves ‘lifts sections from Wikipedia’

Publisher admits some passages should have been ‘rewritten and properly referenced’

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

Legacy Act ‘must have a replacement’ to help NI overcome ‘collective trauma’

Shadow secretary of state Hilary Benn held meetings around the controversial Government Act during a visit to Northern Ireland.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

Call to ‘redouble’ efforts to resurrect Stormont Assembly

Labour veteran Hilary Benn spent two days in Northern Ireland on his first official visit since his appointment by Sir Keir Starmer.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

Keir Starmer accused of promoting ‘narrow band of Blairites’ as he demotes Lisa Nandy

Starmer insists he has put ‘strongest players on pitch’, as changes see comebacks for Liz Kendall and Hilary Benn

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

The winners and losers in Keir Starmer’s Labour reshuffle

The key changes as the party leader prepares his shadow cabinet for a general election

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023

MPs urge Sunak to attend Cop28 and stay true to net zero

All-party climate group says backing away from green policies would be catastrophic for the economy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023

Sweden moves to deport British widow with Alzheimer's who can't walk or talk

Kathleen Poole, 74, moved from Cheshire to Sweden 18 years ago to be close to her son and his family. She developed dementia 11 years ago and has been in a care home for 10 years

Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2023

Swedish police moving ahead with plan to deport UK woman with Alzheimer’s

Family of Kathleen Poole had hoped politicians would step in after media coverage of ‘deeply shocking’ case

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023

Denmark lifts Brexit-related deportation threat for British nationals

New legislation will give ‘extra chance’ to Britons who missed deadline to apply for residency

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

Brexit: Senior Tories back move to give MPs more say over scrapping EU laws

The MPs have joined a cross-party group calling on ministers to declare which Brussels-made rules will be removed from British statute books.

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2023