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Box Blunkett Box 74

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Contains 7 Results:

Correspondence with Stephen Byers, MP, a member of the shadow education and employment team, 4 November 1994-22 March 1997

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 74
Reference code: 467/4/4/1
Scope and Contents

Letters and papers sent to Stephen Byers, Shadow Minister for Training and Employment. Contains letters sent to Byers by Blunkett, but not Byers' responses. Subjects include: employment protection; drafting of the policy paper 'The Skills Revolution', 1996; welfare to work policy; drafting of the employment section of the Road to the Manifesto; and drafting a policy document on the development of the Careers Service.

Dates: 4 November 1994-22 March 1997

Correspondence with Bryan Davies, MP, a member of the shadow education and employment team, 28 October 1994-14 March 1997

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 74
Reference code: 467/4/4/2
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Blunkett and Bryan Davies, Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education. Subjects include: draft paper on post-compulsory education/lifelong learning; the cost of restoring student benefit entitlements; student loans and career development loans; drafting of policy paper 'Aiming Higher: Excellence for All from 14 to 19 and Beyond'; Labour's response to the cuts to the Higher Education budget announced in 1995 budget; and the key priorities for education in the...
Dates: 28 October 1994-14 March 1997

Correspondence with Peter Kilfoyle, MP, a member of the shadow education and employment team, 28 October 1994-7 March 1997

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 74
Reference code: 467/4/4/3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Blunkett and Peter Kilfoyle, Shadow Schools Minister, with special responsibility for the development of youth policy. Subjects include: Labour's Youth Policy Task Group which Kilfoyle chaired; Kilfoyle's work schedule; announcement by Gordon Brown of a National Environmental Task Force; grant maintained schools; future role of LEAs; and the legislative priorities for the Education Team should Labour be elected.

Dates: 28 October 1994-7 March 1997

Correspondence with Ian McCartney, MP, a member of the shadow education and employment team, 17 November 1995-14 March 1997

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 74
Reference code: 467/4/4/4
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Blunkett and Ian McCartney, Shadow Employment Minister. Subjects include: a National Minimum Wage; employment section of the Road to the Manifesto; strategy for launch of Labour's National Minimum Wage Campaign; differences in opinion between McCartney and Stephen Byers; the end of production of the Escort car at Ford's Halewood factory, Merseyside; and funding for adult education. Includes papers of the National Minimum Wage working group (1995) and final report on...
Dates: 17 November 1995-14 March 1997

Correspondence with Michael Meacher, MP, a member of the shadow education and employment team, 26 October 1995-17 July 1996

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 74
Reference code: 467/4/4/5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Blunkett and Michael Meacher, Shadow Employment Minister. Subjects include: working relationship and areas of responsibility following merger of Department of Education and Department of Employment; the National Minimum Wage; drafting of a statement on Labour's position on 'Workfare'. Also includes a letter from Michael Meacher to Tony Blair concerning an article in the News of the World regarding the National Minimum Wage.

Dates: 26 October 1995-17 July 1996

Correspondence with Estelle Morris, MP, a member of the shadow education and employment team, 3 November 1994-12 March 1997

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 74
Reference code: 467/4/4/6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Blunkett and Estelle Morris, Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Schools and Early Years). Subjects include: school standards; funding for a researcher to assist Morris is her work for the Education and Employment team; educational underachievement of boys; and initiatives to put into action if Labour is elected to government.

Dates: 3 November 1994-12 March 1997

Correspondence with Labour Whips, 24 October 1994-11 November 1996

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 74
Reference code: 467/4/4/7
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with Labour Whips Derek Foster and Donald Dewar on a variety of issues linked to Blunkett's Education & Employment brief, including appointment of Whips to the Education team and slots for parliamentary questions relating to education and employment.

Dates: 24 October 1994-11 November 1996