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Education

We lacked guts in government, but Labour today should be bold on adult learning

A former New Labour cabinet minister on the education challenge for 2018.

By David Blunkett

We lacked guts in government, but Labour today should be bold on adult learning

Empowering young people with vital life skills

By David Blunkett

Heathrow expansion will broaden our horizons

By David Blunkett

Two books that Labour’s next leader must read

By David Blunkett

Why I’m backing Caroline Flint to be deputy leader

By David Blunkett

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What will Labour do for people with disabilities?

What will Labour do for people with disabilities?

I have been very fortunate in my life to have had essential help when I have needed it and…

By David Blunkett

Historically a nation of givers, we must protect Britain's charitable status

Historically a nation of givers, we must protect Britain’s charitable status

Donate and volunteer.

By David Blunkett

To defend political democracy, we must change how we do politics

David Blunkett sets out concrete ideas for the future of politics.

By David Blunkett

Time for a change

Can ex-offenders teach teenage boys to reject a life of crime? When David Blunkett went to prison fo

By David Blunkett

The silent slip to destruction

Public services have been taken over by unelected bureaucrats. David Blunkett says we are all ill se

By David Blunkett

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