Benn

/ bɛn /

noun

Antony ( Neil ) Wedgwood , known as Tony Benn . born 1925, British Labour politician, a leading figure on the party's left wing. He renounced (1963) the title of Viscount Stansgate

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The Northern Ireland Policing Board has backed his call for round-table talks on the issue with Benn.

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Benn has told it the police budget is a matter "for the justice minister to set and for the chief constable to prioritise".

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Mr Benn has a duty to go into bat at cabinet and Downing Street for the service and the men and women I represent.

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Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said the previous UK government's "flawed, undeliverable, and widely opposed Legacy Act" had caused "great pain and anguish to many people".

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Both the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn and the Taoiseach Micheál Martin refused invitations to appear on the podcast.

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