Hilary Benn has been appointed Northern Ireland Secretary as part of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Government.
Mr Benn had been serving as the shadow secretary since 2023 and was chairman of the Brexit Select Committee for years.
He has previously said a Labour government would repeal the controversial Legacy Act, introduced by the Tories to address Troubles legacy issues and widely opposed by all main political parties in Northern Ireland.
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP @hilarybennmp has been appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland @NIOgov. pic.twitter.com/mJrIHtlRgZ
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) July 5, 2024
The Leeds MP was also vocal in urging the powersharing institutions to be revived during the three-year hiatus.
He served in Gordon Brown’s government as environment secretary and was a candidate to be deputy leader of Labour in 2007.
Best known in the earlier stages of his career as the son of Tony Benn – the long-serving Cabinet minister,…
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