Gordon Brown and Hilary Benn launched the first Chronic Poverty Report in May 2004.
The FFC was officially opened on 21 April 2009 in London by Environment Minister Hilary Benn.
Benn briefly served as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2010 during Harriet Harman's interim leadership of the Labour Party.
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Benn has an older brother, Stephen, a younger sister Melissa and a younger brother, Joshua.
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In Ed Miliband's first Shadow Cabinet, announced on 8 October 2010, he was appointed Shadow Leader of the House of Commons.
The shortlist for the Labour candidacy included the Chair of Leeds Central Constituency Labour Party, Maggie Giles-Hill, and Shahid Malik, but the selection went to Hilary Benn who had been Special Adviser to David Blunkett, then Secretary of State for Education and Employment.
Hilary Duff | Tony Benn | Hilary Swank | Hilary Putnam | Hilary of Poitiers | Hilary Mantel | Hilary Hahn | Hilary Benn | Mr Benn | Hilary Bradt | William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate | Piers Benn | Hilary Weston | Hilary Weaver | Hilary Rose | Hilary Beckles | Hilary | Benn Jordan | William Wedgwood Benn | St Hilary | Melissa Benn | Hilary Wainwright | Hilary Shepard Turner | Hilary Rose (sociologist) | Hilary Paweł Januszewski | Hilary Marquand | Hilary Lindh | Hilary Hook | Hilary Devey | Hilary Armstrong |
Speakers included the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn, and the chief scientist of the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Professor Robert Watson.
At the Student Radio Awards in 2009, The Technical Difficulties won bronze for best entertainment programme, Joshua Chambers' interview: "Hilary Benn on Binyam Mohamed" won gold for best interview and York Report won gold for best journalistic programming.