Blunkett fights for his political life
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David Blunkett last night bowed to mounting political pressure and ordered an independent review into claims that he abused his position as Home Secretary to help his former lover.
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DAVID Blunkett&#39;s resignation was not inevitable. The Home Secretary dug his own political grave and then leapt into it. In the weeks since it was revealed he had a three
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British Home Secretary David Blunkett, already in the public hot seat over his affair with a well-known married publisher, is now locked in a row with fellow ministers over his criticisms of them in an upcoming biography.
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Home Secretary David Blunkett sought to defuse a row over claims he abused his authority to help get a visa for his former lover's nanny, calling for an independent inquiry into the allegations.
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The anguish of hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq hangs over Prime Minister Tony Blair today as he faces the twin test of a local election and a debate by his Labour Party about the divisive war.
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Gordon Brown is still on course to become Prime Minister after the next election, friends of Tony Blair said last night, as frantic efforts were under way to patch up a potentially explosive rift between the two men.
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David Blunkett says security could lose but not win an election for Labour as he denies he is authoritarian.
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With the days remaining in Prime Minister Tony Blair's premiership down to single digits, the opposition Conservative party declared political war on his successor, saying Monday that a new battle for Britain's electorate was about to begin.
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TONY EASTLEY: In Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s election hopes have been dealt a blow with the resignation of his Home Secretary, David Blunkett.
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David Blunkett has been left fighting for his job as the inquiry he ordered into his own behaviour following his affair with a married woman was criticised by a standards watchdog.
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With no smoking gun to be found, David Blunkett is poised to climb back up the greasy pole of British politics after an unseemly furore over his ex-lover, her nanny and a fast-tracked visa application.
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Gordon Brown faces the test of his political life as he sets out his vision as a potential PM to the Labour conference.
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An ex-minister asks Environment Secretary David Miliband to challenge  Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership.
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DAVID BLUNKETT was under increased pressure today following new allegations that a visa application by his former lover&#39;s nanny was speeded up.
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Former home secretary David Blunkett, who resigned last year amid a scandal linked to his former lover, has reportedly launched a paternity bid for her newborn son.
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Tony Blair&#39;s government was left staggering months from a general election last night after the prime minister&#39;s hard-hitting ally, David Blunkett, resigned as home secretary.
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Opposition politicians have stepped up the pressure on David Blunkett over the fall-out from his affair with Kimberly Quinn, but Tony Blair appears as determined as ever to hang on to his home secretary.