UK&#39;s Blair Loses Cabinet Ally as Blunkett Resigns
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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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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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Tony Blair will step down in a year, a   close ally said on Tuesday after newspapers reported that once   loyal legislators had called on the increasingly unpopular   British Prime Minister to quit.
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LONDON, DECEMBER 15: Senior British minister David Blunkett resigned on Wednesday, ripping a hole in Prime Minister Tony Blairâs team months before an expected general election.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has reshuffled his cabinet, bringing back a key ally to lead Labour's campaigning ahead of a general election, expected in spring 2005.
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Six junior members of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government resigned Wednesday to protest his refusal to set a date to leave office amid a growing Labour Party revolt. The rebellion flared despite strong hints by senior ministers that Blair planned to step down within a year, and a news report claiming the departure date would be July 26.
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David Blunkett's criticisms of Cabinet colleagues stemmed from "personal arrogance", says the deputy PM.
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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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Britain&#39;s top law-enforcement officer, a key member of Tony Blair&#39;s Cabinet, resigned yesterday after acknowledging that his department fast-tracked a visa for his former lover&#39;s nanny.
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Senior British government minister David Blunkett, a trusted ally of Prime Minister Tony Blair, resigned on Wednesday, a government official confirmed.
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A member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government resigned Monday in protest over a controversial multibillion-dollar plan to renew Britain's nuclear missile defense system.
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By Toby Helm, Jack Fairweather in Baghdad and David Rennie in Washington. Tony Blair&#39;s closest Cabinet allies yesterday rejected claims that he had struck a &quot;tawdry political deal&quot; to help George W Bush&#39;s election
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LONDON: British Pensions Minister Andrew Smith resigned from the government yesterday, setting Prime Minister Tony Blair on course for a government reshuffle.
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Top government minister David Blunkett has resigned over a charge of abuse of office, ripping a hole in Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government months before an expected general election.
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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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BusinessWeek Online - The nearly 10-year reign of British Prime Minister Tony Blair is coming to an end. The longtime leader of the Labour Party has been publicly humiliated by members of his own party and government. On Sept. 6, eight junior figures in his government resigned. "It is with the greatest sadness that I have to say that I no longer believe that your remaining in office is in the interest of either the party or the country," wrote one, Tom Watson, a non-Cabinet-level defense minister.
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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.