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We had the pleasure of interviewing David Blunkett for SPERI @SPERIshefuni.bsky.social ! 🎙️ Check out the episode here: [open.spotify.com/episode/0Y3kV1…] #Interview #DavidBlunkett #podcast

This is my press release on the very welcome announcement of Skills England. Starmer and Phillipson deserve praise for putting the skills needs of the nation at the forefront of policy, says David (Lord) Blunkett. The Former Education and Employment Secretary, who led on the

See my contribution to yesterday's debate here:

questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem… I am so very sorry that I underestimated the powerful, unelected and non-parliamentary forces which continue to be ranged against choice for post-16 young people across the country. I am sad, not because I appear to have lost, but because of the tens of

Time to stop this damaging "insider" briefing from the Prime Minister's top team. Unattributed attacks on Sue Gray help nobody, but give an awful impression on schoolboy politics. Those who blame Sue for "not being political", and brief in this way, demonstrate their own lack of

A strong education system is not a ‘nice to have’…It is absolutely central to the Government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity and drive growth.” - David Blunkett 👇 inews.co.uk/opinion/david-…

Just spoken at the SME4Labour roundtable at Labour Party Conference. Skills and employment vital. Know that Rachel will give us hope.

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I am thinking today of the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives a year ago, and those taken hostage. A year on, let us pray for peace.

Let us hope that this is the start of “big P” Politics and an end to petty politics, which has been such a terrible diversion. Best wishes to Morgan McSweeney and the team. So much depends on getting this right. Spare a thought for Sue Gray who gave up a perfectly good job, had

Tribute to the late John Prescott. It is often said that someone is a “once off”. But in John’s case, it was absolutely true. Tenacious, sometimes furious, always committed and totally loyal to the Labour cause. Elements in our own background meant that sometimes we clashed

feweek.co.uk/level-3-announ… Congratulations to everyone, and my personal thanks to Bridget Phillipson, Jacqui Smith and officials for listening to myself and parliamentary colleagues, who have worked so hard. over such a long period of time. to get this right.

Taken today at 3:45pm in House of Lords. Watch it live here: parliamentlive.tv/Lords

Millions unclaimed in Child Trust Funds.

Today we've unveiled our credible and affordable plan to fix Yorkshire’s broken rail network. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to improve rail connectivity, and unlock economic growth and opportunities for all. It's time to back Yorkshire. westyorks-ca.gov.uk/all-news-and-b…

Farewell to Frederick Forsyth. He and I had one thing in common. Both of us had a driving license taken out, without our knowledge, by the BBC (to show how lax verification was). Neither of us drove - in my case for an obvious reason!