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Original press cuttings, photocopies and printouts from online news sources from 2016. Mainly contains interviews with Blunkett and newspaper articles written by him. Includes articles relating to the Labour party leadership contest where Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected as leader of the party.

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Original press cuttings, photocopies and printouts from online news sources from 2017. Mainly contains interviews with Blunkett and newspaper articles written by him. Includes articles relating to the 2017 general election; the Manchester Arena bombing; and the death of Cosby, Blunkett's guide dog. Also includes copy of The House (Parliament's magazine) containing a tribute to Bill Michie MP, written by Blunkett.

Scope and Contents Original press cuttings from 2018. Contains articles concerning: cuts to NHS services in Sheffield; fair funding for Sheffield schools; Labour's 'catastrophic failure' at the May 2018 local elections; Blunkett's new guide dog, Barley, and how Blunkett coped without a guide dog for five months; the redevelopment of Sheffield Ski Village, including a photograph of Blunkett at the dry ski slope in 1988; resignation of Frank Fields, MP; decision of University of Manchester Students' Union to...

Scope and Contents Original press cuttings from 2019. Contains articles relating to the Blunkett's attendance at a Sheffield Wednesday and Chelsea match in 1967; the Heathrow Skills Taskforce, established by Blunkett; Brexit; the resignation of Labour MPs to form a new Independent Group; knife crime; Sheffield United's promotion to the Premier League; Extinction Rebellion protests; Sheffield City Partnership; Blunkett's calls for Corbyn advisors to be sacked; the European elections; 2019 general election...

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Original press cuttings from 2020. Includes articles concerning: new intake of Conservative MPs in Yorkshire following 2019 General Election; Streatham terror attack; coronovirus lockdown; strategies for post-pandemic recovery.