Scope and Contents Contains memorandums and papers sent to Blair by Blunkett originally stored together in an envelope entitled 'correspondence on reshuffle' (includes braille label). Contains: paper marked as confidential and personal, with a covering note dated 8 June 2003, setting out arguments and practical issues involved in the creation of a single departmental responsible for the criminal justice service; memorandum sent to Blair, marked as personal, entitled 'Young People and Families' relating to...

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Letter from Blunkett to Lord Woolf, The Lord Chief Justice, regarding Blunkett's speech on civil renewal and active citzenship at the Edith Kahn memorial lecture; and Lord Woolf's reply.

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Short note thanking Blunkett for his work on the Child Trust Fund.

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Correspondence regarding disagreements between the Home Office and Bill Morris, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union.

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Letter from Adonis, Head of Policy at 10 Downing Street, in response to Blunkett forwarding a letter from the headteacher of Firth Park Community College. Relates to changes to funding for schools and Leadership Incentive Grants.

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Letter from Clarke,Secretary of State for Education, in response to Blunkett forwarding a letter from the headteacher of Firth Park Community College. The letter relates to changes to the funding of schools and how this has adversly affected Firth Park College. Also includes note from Blunkett [to self] disagreeing with Clarke's response.

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Undated list, presumed to have been created by Blunkett/Blunkett's staff listing incidents which have caused disagreement between the Home Office and the Judiciary. Incidents date from May 2002 to April 2003.

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Letter to David Miliband, Minister in the Department for Work and Skills, which refers to a letter from the headteacher of Firth Park Community College regarding changes to funding of schools (the Standard Fund) and how this has caused problems in schools.

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Letter to the Prime Minister setting out challenges facing the Labour Party in the run up to the next general election, and in a third term of government.

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Letter from Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, congratulating Blunkett of a pamphlet he has written. Undated. Includes envlope with braille label.

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Presentation on campaign strategy for the upcoming general election.

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Correspondence and papers relating to Blunkett's role as Home Secretary during 2003.

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Notes for Blair concerning challenges to campaigning for elections being held in 2004, including the London Majoral election.

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Contains letter sent to Grey Dyke, BBC, complaining about a Panorama programme on asylum, which Blunkett claims misrepresents the state of the UK asylum system. Also includes personal letter of the same date to Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail, seeking to answer questions rasied by Dacre in an editorial regarding Blunkett's views on the Panorama programmes.

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Letters between Blunkett and Straw disagreeing on the need to introduce an identity card scheme in the UK.

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Correspondence and papers relating to Blunkett's role as Home Secretary during 2003.

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Contains two internal memos from Blunkett to his staff relating to: a disagreement between Blunkett and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister regarding funding of the police service; and proposals about terrorism and information technology.

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Letter thanking Blunkett from his congratulations on Letwin's appointment as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (he had previously been Shadow Home Secretary).

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Print out of email sent to Gareth Redmond, one of Blunkett's private secretaries, regarding reductions in regeneration budgets.

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Summary of the goverment's policy on ID cards, and the wording for the Queen's Speech, as agreed at a Cabinet meeting on 6 November 2003.