British minister and Blair ally Blunkett resigns
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LONDON - A Cabinet minister embroiled in the messy fallout of an affair with a married woman resigned on Wednesday, his department said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will   step down from office on May 4, 2007, Sky television said on   Thursday, citing senior Labour Party members.
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LONDON, June 27 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, turning over power to Gordon Brown, his longtime political partner and rival, after a decade of guiding Britain through economic prosperity at home and a deeply unpopular war abroad.
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THE revenge of an ex-lover has forced the resignation of British Home Secretary David Blunkett, dealing a blow to Tony Blair less than six months before an expected general election.
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One of Britain&#39;s most powerful and popular Cabinet secretaries resigned his post Wednesday evening after admitting his office had fast-tracked a visa application for his married lover&#39;s nanny.
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LONDON - While the resignation of interior minister David Blunkett is a blow for the British government, it has accelerated the meteoric political rise of young minister Ruth Kelly, widely tipped yesterday as a prime minister-in-waiting.
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The full text of David Blunkett's resignation statement
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair reshuffled his cabinet of senior ministers, bringing back a key ally to lead his election campaign.
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While the resignation of interior minister David Blunkett is a blow for the British government, it has accelerated the meteoric political rise of young minister Ruth Kelly, widely tipped yesterday as a prime ...
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The aides resigned to protest the British prime ministerÂs refusal to set the date when he will leave office.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday, clearing the way for new ruling party leader Yasuo Fukuda to be named by parliament as his successor later in the day.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  step down from office on May 4, 2007, Sky television said on  Thursday, citing senior Labour Party members.
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Tony Blair&#39;s government was left staggering months from a general election Wednesday night after the prime minister&#39;s hard-hitting ally, David Blunkett, resigned as home secretary.
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A number of famous faces are quitting frontline politics alongside Blair.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced to reshuffle his government ahead of a looming general election after the resignation of senior minister David Blunkett, who headed Britain's anti-terrorism ...
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The government in Kuwait submits its resignation to head off a no-confidence vote in a minister, MPs say.
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Tony Blair saw Home Secretary David Blunkett as a major asset in the looming election. Now a scandal has forced him out and made him a liability.