Press cuttings and other material relating to David Blunkett's leadership of Sheffield City Council. Includes material relating to: rate capping, the Conservative government's policy of restricting local government spending, and proposals by affected councils to refuse to set rates for 1985/1986 (rate-capping rebellion); strike action by council workers in the NALGO union over changes in working practices and the use of new technology, October-December 1984; the miners' strike, and support given to miners and their families by Sheffield City Council from its contingency funds; Also includes papers relating to the establishment of a new NEC Local Government Committee, January 1984; and a leaflet giving details of NUPE's parliamentary panel including Blunkett.