It makes no sense to spend precious resources on propping up loss-making, state-owned enterprises when they could be used to get more children into school or provide more midwives to reduce the number of mothers dying in childbirth. Hilary Benn Read Quote
Getting money out of Whitehall and down to the town hall is also essential if we are going to address the crisis of confidence – and alienation – in our politics. Hilary Benn Read Quote
To rebuild confidence in the power of people working together to create something better, we must give people the power to do precisely that for themselves. Hilary Benn Read Quote
Nature nurtures our souls and lifts our spirits. But it also sustains us and our economy – and it is for this reason that we take it for granted at our peril. Hilary Benn Read Quote
All countries will feel the increasing effects of dangerous climate change and it is those least able to bear it who are already being hurt first and hardest. Hilary Benn Read Quote
There is an opportunity – for the first time – for a global deal to control the movement of small arms, such as AK47s and anti-aircraft rocket launchers, as well as heavier weapons like battle tanks. Hilary Benn Read Quote
Each year, about 45 million people are affected by war. Three hundred thousand people die looking down the barrel of a gun – and 200,000 of these are killed in countries ostensibly at peace. Hilary Benn Read Quote
People who feel alienated have little trust in the institutions of our society. This adds to the wider sense of disaffection and makes it more difficult for our politics to work. Hilary Benn Read Quote
We must not ignore the younger electorate in a fight for older swing voters who we can be confident will go to the polls. Hilary Benn Read Quote
We cannot comfort ourselves with the idea that young people will take a greater interest in our politics as they establish themselves in a job, in their communities or in their family life. Hilary Benn Read Quote
