Scope and Contents Contains files relating to speeches and press articles given/written by Blunkett. Includes press release relating to Blunkett's speech for the Nancy Hazel Memorial Lecture as part of Foster Care Fortnight, September 2006; transcript of speech delivered by Blunkett at Queen’s University, Belfast in January 2007 on the subject 'Can democracy live up to the challenges of the 21st century? Meeting aspiration and achieving representative government in the global era'; transcript of speech...

Scope and Contents Files mainly relating to a review of the third sector resulting from Blunkett's work as Chair of the Labour Manifesto Group on the Third Sector - a working group reviewing the role and place of the voluntary, community and not for profit sector for future policy developments. The group published 'Mutual Action, Common Purpose: Empowering the Third Sector' in November 2008. Includes: agendas and papers for meetings of the manifesto group 2007-2008; campaign pack for Labour MP for engaging...

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Final copies of articles by Blunkett published in a range of media between 2008 and 2011. Includes articles relating to education, crime, political reform and his blindness. Includes Blunkett's obituary for Bernard Crick. Also includes a separate folder of drafts of articles, some of which were unpublished. See also 467/11/1 for paper copies of articles 1981-2016.

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Mainly contains texts of newspaper articles written by Blunkett dating from 2005-2006, including his column for the Sun Newspaper. Also includes a small number of transcripts of speeches.

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Files relating to Banged Up a Channel 5 reality TV series concerning youth crime and punishment where Blunkett headed up the ‘parole board’ of a ‘prison’ that mixed reformed criminals with juveniles on the verge of a life of crime. Includes scripts, schedules and list of cast members.

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Blunkett's diaries/schedules for attendance at events at the Labour Party's annual conferences, 2001-2005.

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Files relating to Blunkett's speech for the charity Counsel and Care's annual lecture on 4 September 2008, entitled 'Squaring the Circle: living longer but living on less - can we afford to remain healthy and happy'. Includes transcript of speech; conference agenda; and reports and statistics relating to older people used as research for the speech.

Scope and Contents Includes transcripts of speeches at the IPPR ( March 2005); the Fabian Society (June 2008); the Annual Essex Law Lecture (2009); and at the celebration of the centenary of the Sheffield and District Cambrian Society on 'The Future of the United Kingdom: a personal perspective' October 2010 (includes an audio recording of the speech). Also includes schedules for events he attended in 2008 including the launch event of the reality TV programme 'Banged Up'; the Counsel and Care conference; and...

Scope and Contents Files relating to Blunkett's campaign to be elected as MP for the new constituency of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in the 2010 General Election. Includes memo outlining his team's campaign strategy; information from the media on Mark Collet, the BNP candidate standing against Blunkett; text of election leaflets and press releases; pdfs of local campaign leaflets; copies of Conservative Party manifesto pledges; statistics relating to improvements in Sheffield under the Labour...

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PDFs of official reports and other documents published by the coalition government, 2010-2011.

Scope and Contents Reports and speeches dating from 2011-2014 selected by Blunkett for their importance. Contains the following reports/speeches written/delivered by Blunkett: National Volunteering Programme report, August 2011; report and recommendations of the Growing Giving Parliamentary Inquiry, with a foreword written by Blunkett, June 2014; 'In Defense of Politics Revisited' pamphlet, August 2012; Labour Party report 'Review of education structures, functions and the raising of standards for all: putting...

Scope and Contents Pamphlets/reports written by Blunkett. Includes: 'Civil Renewal: a new agenda', the CSV Edith Kahn Memorial Lecture, 11 June 2003; 'A New England: An English identity within Britain' - speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research, 14 March 2005; 'A ladder out of poverty: from state-dependence to self-reliance', published by the Resolution Foundation, 2006; 'Then and Now: a country transformed: ten years of Labour government in Britain', 1 May 2007; 'The Inclusive Society? Social...

Scope and Contents Documents relating to the working group led by Blunkett to look at the issue of police accountability which resulted in the publication of his report 'A People's Police Force: Police Accountability in the Modern Era', July 2009. Includes minutes of meetings of the working party; drafts of the report and recommendations; and a pdf of the final report. Also includes a separate folder entitled 'Greater Manchester Police Authority' containing notes of meetings held between Blunkett and police...

Scope and Contents Contains material relating to the work Blunkett undertook as chair of the policy manifesto group looking at welfare reform for the Labour group Progress. Includes: agenda and a discussion paper for the first meeting of the group in March 2008; Blunkett's submission for a meeting of the Progress welfare reform group on 8 October 2008 relating to rewarding honesty to combat benefit fraud; and a pdf of the report 'Autonomy and control: making welfare work for social justice' - a green paper...

Scope and Contents Material relating to the government's welfare reforms in 2014 and the impact on Sheffield. Includes: report entitled 'Hitting the poorest places hardest: the local and regional impact of welfare reform' by Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research Sheffield Hallam University, April 2013; 'The impact of welfare reform on communities and households in Sheffield', a report for Sheffield City Council by Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill, November...

Scope and Contents Files concerning Blunkett's work as MP for the expanded Brightside and Hillsborough constituency, relating both to campaign strategy for the next general election (in 2010) and to local issues affecting constituents. Includes: letter to constituents relating to post office closures, 2008-2009; leaflets concerning proposed new academies in the constituency (Parkwood Academy and Forge Valley), July-September 2008; interim report of the Pitt Review into the flood-related emergencies which...

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Material relating to the publication of 'A Tale of Two Cities: the Sheffield Project' a report by the University of Sheffield mapping disadvantage in Sheffield and the switch of resources by the council away from the areas of greatest deprivation. Includes a pdf of the report (with a foreword by Blunkett); draft newspaper articles/press releases relating to the report's publication; and key facts brought to light by the report. See 467/17/5/3 for physical copies of the final report.

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Contains a pdf of the consultation document 'The Social Fund: a new approach' issued by the Department for Work and Pensions, November 2008; and Blunkett's response to the consultation document.

Scope and Contents Contains material relating to the work Blunkett undertook for the Labour group Progress on social mobility (see also 467/20/2/12 for documents relating to Progress's work on welfare reform). Includes pamphlet written by Blunkett for Progress entitled 'The Inclusive Society? Social Mobility in 21st Century Britain', January 2008; minutes of the second meeting of the Progress policy group on welfare reform attended by Blunkett, 30 April 2008; and a copy of the green paper from the Progress...

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Material relating to the publication of Blunkett's pamphlet 'Then and Now: a country transformed: ten years of Labour government in Britain'. Includes: drafts and final version of the pamphlet; covering letter to MPs when sending out the pamphlet for use in campaigning; press release for the launch of the pamphlet; and statistics and press cuttings used as research for writing the pamphlet.