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Press cuttings from a variety of papers concerning the riots in Bradford and Blunkett's response as Home Secretary.

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Letters and policy papers mainly relating to education and employment issues, sent from Blunkett's private office at the Department of Education and Employment. Also includes press cuttings.

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Contains a memo from the Sentencing Framework Implementation Team responding to Blunkett's proposals for creating sentencing guidelines.

Scope and Contents Material concerning proposals to change asylum policy put forward by Blunkett in September and October 2001. Includes three letters to Tony Blair concerning asylum issues (marked restricted/confidential); a report on immigration and asylum to the Prime Minister written by Blunkett entitled 'The Way Forward'; letter from Andrew Smith, Chief Secretary to the Treasury raising issues with Blunkett's proposals; letter to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, on the topic of asylum; letter to John...

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Press cuttings from a range of newspapers concerning Blunkett's proposal to reduce the classification of cannabis

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Press cuttings from a range of newspapers relating to changes to asylum policies.

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Press cuttings concerning proposals to limit the powers of the judiciary and jury selection.

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Press cuttings from the Independent on Sunday including an interview with Blunkett by Colin Brown, Political Editor, concerning the race riots in Bradford. Also includes letter from Colin Brown to Blunkett concerning Blunkett's complaint about the headline of the article and the leader article which was published on the same day.

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Letter from Blair expressing his gratitude to Blunkett and his team for their work on the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act, 20 December 2001; and personal letter thanking Blunkett for his [Christmas] present and for his support and friendship, 26 December 2001.

Scope and Contents Confidential letter from Blunkett to Blair concerning three points. Firstly, the need to fill three Permanent Secretary vacancies in the Civil Service and the need for the 'radical modernisation of the management and delivery of services'; secondly concerning the machinery of government and Blunkett's opinion that it would be an error to reconfigure departments rather than change the way they operate. Finally, Blunkett writes about the recent budget and the risk that while it will overcome...

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Article from the Mail on Sunday.

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Correspondence relating to the introduction of a Working Age Agency as part of the welfare reform agenda. Includes letter from David Blunkett to Tony Blair outlining his position on the matter.

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Letter to Tony Blair from David Blunkett expressing his frustration over a briefing given to the Times regarding proposed council tax rises. Includes press cutting of the Times article.

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Letter from Jeremy Heywood, Principal Private Secretary to Blair, to Tom Scholar, Principal Private Secretary to Brown, summarising a meeting about how to increase labour market participation amongst lone parents, partners of the unemployed, incapacity benefit recipients and jobseekers over 50. Details ministerial comments on the matter, including those of Tony Blair and David Blunkett.

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Letter from Gordon Brown congratulating David Blunkett on a pamphlet regarding the community and voluntary sector. The pamphlet accompanied a speech given at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) on 7 February 2001. Includes braille label.

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Letter sent to Tony Blair concerning the potential to improve the position of local authorities by freeing up resources to distribute to them, and the mechanisms through which this could be achieved. Includes spreadsheet outlining the monetary effects of different models.

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Letter concerning the forthcoming annual report to Parliament on government departments' and agencies' handling of correspondence from MPs. Sent to John Prescott, Minister for the Cabinet Office, and copied to David Blunkett and other cabinet members.

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Press cuttings from a visit to St Saviour's and St Olave's School for girls in south London by Tony Blair and David Blunkett at the start of campaigning for the June 2001 election. Includes braille label.

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Article concerning improved standards in education under Labour's first term in government.

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Letter to David Normington, Permanent Secretary of the DfE, from Blunkett expressing concerns regarding a paper put forward by Andrew Adonis relating to the status and roles of schools which fall outside the existing green paper proposals. Includes a copy of the paper by Adonis entitled 'Schools White Paper and Post-Election Education Bill' and letter from Estelle Morris on the same topic.