Scope and Contents The day's post read out and recorded onto tape for Blunkett who was out of the country at the time. Includes several letters from constituents and Labour party members. Subjects include: Labour party members expressing concern with the standards of the party election system following the recent leadership election; disability awareness and rights; health related issues addressed to Blunkett in his role as Shadow Secretary of State for Health including concerns over the untimely removal of...

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Draft report of the Sheffield bid for the Single Regeneration Budget by David Child read onto tape for Blunkett.

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Correspondence read on to tape for Blunkett including letters from constituents and a letter from Estelle Morris on ideas for education policies.

Scope and Contents Cassette tapes containing messages of support for Blunkett received from constituents, friends, and politicians in the run up to and aftermath of his resignation as Home Secretary. Tape 1 contains letters read onto tape which Blunkett received prior to his resignation, including letters from constituents expressing personal gratitude for the help provided to them by Blunkett. Tape 2 contains letters of support following on from his resignation from the Cabinet, including letters from...

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Extracts from the report read onto tape for Blunkett. See 467/15/2/8 for a copy of the full report.

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Recording of Blunkett dictating letters in reply to letters from constituents.

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Recording of an email read for Blunkett regarding housing in the South West of England region.

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Recording of a review of [the IPPR State of the North Report] by Paul Mason, read on to tape. Also includes radio broadcast of Blunkett on Radio 4's PM programme on reverse of tape.

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Recording of a review of the book about the Daily Mail 'Mail Men'.

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Undated recording made for David Blunkett regarding a bid from Sheffield Popular Theatre to create a new Attercliffe Palace as a community theatre and heritage venue. Includes a poem by Margaret Barraclough of Sheffield Popular Theatre and a feasibility study of the project by Roland Miller.

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Recordings made by David Blunkett on visits abroad [in his role as a councillor at Sheffield City Council]. Contains six tapes relating to his visit to China in [July 1980] and one tape relating to a visit to Greece in April 1979. These tapes include Blunkett's descriptions of the places he visited, and recordings of others eg. tour guides at tourist attractions and annoucements of flight departures.

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Mainly contains files relating to the launch of Why Money Matters, a book on UK child poverty, published by Save the Children in 2008, with a foreword written by Blunkett. Includes a pdf of the book/report; press release for its launch; and library notes/statistics on the National Minimum Wage and its impact. Also includes Save the Children report on limited access to credit for poorer families.

Scope and Contents Scans of documents relating to Blunkett which were published as part of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report. Original documents date from April 1989 to November 1990. Includes: letter from and response to Mr Tony Golbourn, Chairman of the Football Supporters Organisation, regarding the Football Spectators Bill; correspondence with Margaret Thatcher regarding visiting Hillsborough and hospitals after the disaster; extract from the Labour NEC meeting regarding an emergency motion over...

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Includes: briefing notes for speech made by Blunkett at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) on 'Britishness', including information on other speakers at the event, July 2006; briefing notes for Blunkett's appearance on BBC Radio 4's 'World Tonight' programme, July 2006; notes for 'Village Aid' speech, September 2007; and statistics relating to the economy for the 2007 Budget, March 2007.

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Contains briefing notes for various events at the 2006 Labour Party Conference including: IPPR and Channel 4 fringe events 'The Media We Deserve' and 'Faith in the state? Politics, religion and the state'. Also includes notes of recent media and other retractions/ apologies received by David Blunkett. Includes digital files marked as 'DB version' which contain contracted versions of other files with formatting removed, to provide braille versions for Blunkett.

Scope and Contents Contains briefing notes for various fringe events at the 2007 Labour Party Conference where Blunkett was a speaker including: TCPA (Town and Country Planning Association) 'Green Belts to Eco Towns' (chaired by Blunkett); IPPR fringe event 'Love thy neighbour: community cohesion in multicultural Britain'; RNIB and Action for Blind People meeting 'How can employers support more disabled people into work?'; and Work Foundation 'A big idea for Labour: social mobility'. Includes digital files...

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Transcript of Blunkett speech delivered at the Jack Ashley Memorial Lecture on 11 March 2015 entitled 'From the Paralympics to ‘penury’ – what is happening to the public perception of disability?' Also includes list of proposals relating to inequality for disabled people.

Scope and Contents A large collection of files relating to policy development mainly dating from 2011-2013. The majority (329 files) relate to Blunkett's campaign to establish a National Volunteer Programme (NVP) and the launch of a new charity, Future for Youth Foundation, established to help tackle the issue of youth unemployment, 2011-2014. Includes pamphlets, press releases and articles promoting the campaign to establish the volunteer programme; agendas and minutes of NVP Roundtable meetings including...

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A series of press releases issued by Blunkett relating to his work as an MP. See 467/11/2 for press releases prior to 2011.

Scope and Contents 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...