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Box Blunkett Box 99

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Contains 38 Results:

Letter to David Milliband, 2 June 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/21
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 2 June 2003

Letter to Tony Blair, 27 June 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/22
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 27 June 2003

Handwritten letter from Gordon Brown to David Blunkett, [2003]

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/23
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: [2003]

Presentation to political cabinet by Douglas Alexander, 10 July 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/24
Scope and Contents

Presentation on campaign strategy for the upcoming general election.

Dates: 10 July 2003

Letter to Tony Blair relating to campaign strategy, 9 July 2003

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/25
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 9 July 2003

Letter to Tony Blair concerning campaign strategy for elections in 2004, 9 July 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/26
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 9 July 2003

Letters regarding a BBC programme relating to asylum seekers, 25 July 2003

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/27
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 25 July 2003

Correspondence with Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary, on the subject of identity cards, 9 September 2003 - 10 September 2003

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/28
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 9 September 2003 - 10 September 2003

Notes from Cabinet Office meeting regarding identity cards, September 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/29
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: September 2003

Memos regarding police grants and terrorism and information technology, 23 October 2003

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/30
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 23 October 2003

Letter from Oliver Letwin , 21 November 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/31
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 21 November 2003

Email from Blunkett relating to regeneration, 17 November 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/32
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 17 November 2003

Position Statement on identity cards, 6 November 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/33
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 6 November 2003

Text of press release on asylum system reform, 27 November 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/34
Scope and Contents

Announcement of new measures to fight organised crime and abuse of the immigration and asylum system.

Dates: 27 November 2003

Letter to Tony Blair regarding the European Convention, 25 November 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/35
Scope and Contents

Letter from Blunkett regarding Justice and Home Affairs provision in the new European Treaty.

Dates: 25 November 2003

Policy paper on identity cards, November 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/36
Scope and Contents

Document entitled 'Identity Card DA Paper'and parked as 'Restricted- Policy'.

Dates: November 2003

Letter to Charles Clarke regarding university tuition fees, 9 December 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/37
Scope and Contents

Letter to the Secretary of State for Education regarding changes to university 'top-up' fees/differential fees.

Dates: 9 December 2003

Letter to Tony Blair, 20 August 2003

 Item — Box: Blunkett Box 99
Reference code: 467/8/5/1/38
Scope and Contents

Letter/memo to the Prime Minister setting out areas where Blunkett thinks the government need to make a 'fresh start'.

Dates: 20 August 2003