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Articles tagged with: Lord Blunkett
MPs Across Labour Urge Ministers To Back Digital ID In Fight Against Farage
Home affairs
MPs Across Labour Urge Ministers To Back Digital ID In Fight Against Farage
Members of Parliament from across the Labour Party are pushing the government to introduce a new digital identification system in a bid to get on the front foot in the fight against Reform UK, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Lord Blunkett interview: 'Don’t go down rabbit holes with the Tories'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
Lord Blunkett interview: 'Don’t go down rabbit holes with the Tories'
Lord Blunkett talks to Sienna Rodgers about his time as home secretary, his opposition to the government’s ‘stupid, impractical’ Rwanda plan, and his advice for the Labour leadership
“I would be a lot less forgiving if I were a student': The Lord Blunkett interview
Education
By Tali Fraser
“I would be a lot less forgiving if I were a student": The Lord Blunkett interview
As a former education secretary, and now a university professor, Lord Blunkett’s involvement in the education sector has spanned many decades. He talks to Tali Fraser about university strikes, his plans for a skills revolution, and the need for a long term consensus to do right by the next generation
Former Home Secretary Accuses Government Of Setting 'Elephant Traps' In Illegal Migration Bill
Home affairs
Former Home Secretary Accuses Government Of Setting "Elephant Traps" In Illegal Migration Bill
Former home secretary Lord David Blunkett has accused the government of setting “elephant traps” with the Illegal Migration Bill, as peers begin intense scrutiny of the Bill in the House of Lords.
Labour grandee Lord Blunkett says teachers’ unions ‘working against the interests of children’ in row over June reopening plan
Coronavirus
Labour grandee Lord Blunkett says teachers’ unions ‘working against the interests of children’ in row over June reopening plan
Teaching unions opposed to the Government’s plan to get some primary schools back open on June 1 are “working against the interests of children”, former Labour education secretary Lord Blunkett has declared.