David Blunkett has called for safety improvements at London Underground stations after falling into a platform gap while boarding a train. The blind former Home Secretary, 77, needed hospital ...

When David Blunkett boasted, characteristically, that he would make his predecessor as home secretary, Jack Straw, “look like a woolly liberal”, I doubt there were too many people who believed this ...

LONDON — By conventional wisdom, David Blunkett should not have made it to the top of British government. The home secretary is a politician who doesn’t suffer fools. He is unflinchingly blunt in an ...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair suffered a new political setback Wednesday when his close ally Home Secretary David Blunkett resigned under the shadow of scandal. Blunkett’s decision came after ...

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It is almost always a mistake to second guess the conclusions of official inquiries. Rarely do they live up - or down - to the pre-publicity. But unlike the case with most such documents, Sir Alan ...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair lost a key ally Wednesday when a scandal-tainted minister was forced to resign from the Cabinet -- for the second time in a year -- after damaging revelations about ...

David Blunkett, Sheffield Brightside MP and former Labour Party Home Secretary, has launched a vicious attack on Roma families from Slovakia. During an interview with Radio Sheffield, Blunkett said ...

A botched Budget could cost Labour the next election David Blunkett warned yesterday – as he urged Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to target private pensions. He said that a big fall in Labour’s poll ...

Bridget Phillipson has the clout and the ear of Keir Starmer to make the Deputy Leadership a post worth having It is clear that for the vast majority of Labour Party members, the deputy leadership ...