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Files of correspondence between Blunkett and Michael Foot, Neil Kinnock, John Smith and Tony Blair as leaders of the Labour Party, and Larry Whitty, General Secretary of the Labour Party.

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Blunkett and Larry Whitty, General Secretary of the Labour Party from 1985 to 1994. Mainly contains correspondence in Blunkett's role as a member of the Constituency Section of the NEC and Chair of the Local Government Committee, but also concerning Blunkett's role as shadow spokesperson for local government. Includes a significant amount of correspondence concerning the Policy Review following Labour's 1987 electoral defeat; and correspondence relating to Labour's...

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Correspondence between Blunkett and Neil Kinnock, leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. Mainly contains correspondence in Blunkett's role as a member of the NEC. Includes correspondence concerning: consultation relating to the use of the 'trigger vote' system for the selection of parliamentary candidates; Labour party debates on the subject of the European Union and the Maastricht Treaty; and the 1992 general election campaign.

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Blunkett and John Smith, leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death in May 1994. Mainly contains letters written by Blunkett, with a small number of short replies from John Smith. Subjects include: allocation of short money for non-shadow cabinet portfolios; working party on electoral systems and reform; the patient's charter; links with trade unions and the 'one member, one vote' policy in relation to selection of parliamentary candidates and leader...

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Blunkett and Tony Blair, Leader of the Opposition, in the run up to Labour's victory in the 1997 general election. Mainly contains letters written by Blunkett to Blair relating to education and employment policy and the 1997 general election campaign, but includes some responses from Blair, most of which are handwritten. Also contains correspondence with staff in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, including David Miliband, as Labour's Head of Policy. Subjects...

Scope and Contents Mainly contains correspondence between Blunkett and various groups affiliated to the Labour Party including: Labour Action for Peace, Labour Community Action, Labour Friends of Israel, Labour's Democratic Left, Labour Friends of Palestine, Labour Party Black Section, Labour Tribune Group and Red Wedge (Youth and the Labour Movement). Also includes correspondence with the officers of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) concerning campaign strategy and reform of the PLP; and correspondence...

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Three handwritten letters from Michael Foot to Blunkett concerning a visit to Sheffield.