Scope and Contents Mainly contains correspondence between Blunkett and individual Labour Party members and with representatives of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), concerning the government's education policies, but also includes correspondence with members of the public who are not Labour members. Also includes letters answered directly by Blunkett's special advisers within the DfEE. Includes correspondence concerning the introduction of specialist schools, controversy over Alastair Campbell's description...

Scope and Contents Professional and personal correspondence between Blunkett and Sir Robert Ogden. Earlier correspondence within the file mainly deals with Ogden's scholarship scheme to encourage disadvantaged students from Yorkshire to apply to university, in relation to Blunkett's role as Secretary of State for Education. Later correspondence is generally of a more personal nature, and includes arrangements for the Blunkett family to visit the Ogden's in Yorkshire and France. Also includes photographs of...