British MPs accepted Mr Blunkettâs resignation with regret
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British Home Secretary David Blunkett resigned tonight after an e-mail emerged showing that a visa application for his ex-lover&#39;s nanny had been fast-tracked by his office.
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The move came one day after the parliament's speaker threatened to dissolve the body for 'ineptitude.'
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The full transcript of David Blunkett explaining why he has resigned as home secretary.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair lost an ally in his Cabinet as Home Secretary David Blunkett resigned, embarrassing the Labour government in the months leading up to the next election.
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Japan's outgoing PM Shinzo Abe apologises for his sudden resignation, as his successor picks new party deputies.
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Britain&#39;s Home Secretary David Blunkett tonight admitted he had been wrong to give a rail warrant intended for MPsâ spouses to his married lover Kimberly Quinn.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday formally accepted the resignation of Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, the presidential press service said.
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British Home Secretary David Blunkett resigned Wednesday over allegations that he abused his power to help his ex-lover&#39;s nanny get a visa.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi offered his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano after his government lost a key foreign policy vote in parliament.
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Labour backbencher Jon Cruddas  has turned down a government job offered to him by PM Gordon Brown.
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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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MPs look set to say goodbye to the term 'Strangers' - the centuries-old Commons name for members of the public.
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LONDON  - A British Conservative member of Parliament made public Saturday his plans to defect to Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour party.
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Minister apologises for 'deeply regrettable' failure to declare tens of thousands of pounds
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A senior member of the Conservative Party was forced to quit Thursday after suggesting being called &quot;a black bastard&quot; was a fact of life ethnic minority British soldiers.
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David Blunkett's criticisms of Cabinet colleagues stemmed from "personal arrogance", says the deputy PM.
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Top British government minister David Blunkett resigned on Wednesday over a charge of abuse of office, ripping a hole in Prime Minister Tony Blair's government months before an expected general election.