Tony Benn (R) with Minister for Industry Lord Beswick (L) and French Secretary for Transport M. Marcel Cavaille discussing the progress of Concorde. 27/6/99: The veteran Labour left-winger announced that he is to stand down as a MP at the next General Election. * Mr Benn disclosed his decision in a letter to his constituency Labour Party in Chesterfield, but he stressed that leaving Parliament would not mark the end of his political career.
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