Files relating to speeches delivered by David Blunkett. Includes material relating to his speech for the Centre for Social Justice’s Abraham Lincoln lecture in June 2011 entitled ‘The politics of fear versus the politics of hope in a rapidly changing world’ including transcripts, drafts and press releases. Also includes a number of documents in preparation for a speech relating to education and the labour force, delivered in Delhi, India, 2011; and press releases announcing Blunkett's speech at the North of England Education Conference, 2013.