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David Blunkett RSS feedHelen Hamlyn is the lady of the first night
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Helen Hamlyn talks about reviving her late husband’s scheme to make the Royal Opera House affordable for first-timers.2009-10-08T09:15:19ZSporting Miscellanies
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Match of the Day's metamorphosis into football's Algonquin Round Table gathers pace2009-10-02T13:21:39ZThe conference speeches that fall on deaf ears
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For a communications technology used by Cicero, political speeches are remarkably resilient2009-10-01T08:12:23ZSenior judge warns over new supreme court
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Creation of Supreme Court for the UK verges on 'frivolous' tinkering with the constitution which may have dangerous unintended consequences, senior judge warns2009-09-08T08:02:42ZIt's the US that has hacked into our system
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Should Gary McKinnon be extradited?” is the question we are all invited to consider. The only conclusion to be reached is: “no”. But what we think doesn’t have much bearing on the matter, does it?2009-08-03T08:24:47ZThe ID card is on its last legs - just let it die with dignity
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As Jacqui Smith's death notices are published in all the newspapers, one further Home Office corpse is still, for the moment, twitching2009-05-07T07:44:45ZWe've no cash to waste on ID cards
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The scale of the national debt is such that any sane government would be searching for every possible saving it could make. But not this one2009-05-06T08:13:09ZPilots to boycott trial of ID cards
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Airline pilots will refuse to take part in the national identity card scheme when trials begin at London City and Manchester airports this autumn2009-05-05T08:49:53ZEnd of a bad week: Labour MPs say Brown is 'doomed'
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Gordon Brown took a fresh battering as Labour MPs said he was “doomed” and former cabinet minister Charles Clarke said he was ashamed to be in the party2009-05-01T08:40:48ZLift £3,000 cap on fees or we'll lose our elite status say universities
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Britain's leading universities warned they are in danger of losing their elite status because student fees fail to cover the costs of tuition2009-04-29T09:22:27ZBlunkett U-turn: Scrap £5billion ID card scheme
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Former home secretary David Blunkett urged Gordon Brown to make yet another U-turn today by calling on the Government to dump its £5 billion ID cards2009-04-28T15:17:18ZTerrorist hackers could target London Olympics, Blunkett warns
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Cyber-criminals could target the London 2012 Olympics, former Home Secretary David Blunkett warns2009-04-27T12:09:15ZYarn spun with such accuracy it made me wince
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2009-04-17T08:31:27ZLiteracy lessons have been fatal for English, says teachers' leader
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The drive to improve literacy in schools has killed the subject of English and left a generation of children unable to speak properly, a teachers' leader warns2009-04-09T13:17:28ZBrake now, my lollipop stick is watching you
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Lollipop men and ladies in London are to have spy cameras fitted in their sticks in a move which will reignite the debate about the spread of a "surveillance society"2009-02-23T09:02:29Z£86m bill for 'plastic police' who issue one fine every two years
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Each police community support officer in London hands out an average of one penalty notice every two years2009-02-20T08:45:16ZCannabis now Class B but spot fines shelved
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Cannabis laws are in turmoil as the drug was upgraded to a Class B substance but new tougher fines were not put in place2009-01-26T10:34:19ZWhere the political elite go for dinner and spicy gossip
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From a cheap-and-cheerful curry house adored by the Lib-Dems to a "1970s-style" Italian restaurant that has become a Tory stronghold, the favoured establishments of London's politicos are revealed2008-12-02T08:47:21ZLabour's left it too late to get a grip on immigration
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The immigration minister Phil Woolas implies he will get tough. But, says the shadow Home Secretary, the Government is still not facing up to the problems2008-10-20T08:04:43ZCannabis users face £80 fine then ‘three strikes and you’re jailed’
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Cannabis users will face £80 on-the-spot fines under a crackdown announced by the Home Office2008-10-13T12:43:51ZHome Office poised to lose £1.5m on Blunkett's house
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It has been standing empty and deteriorating since former home secretary David Blunkett left it 18 months ago2008-09-02T08:31:05Z'Macho' ministers deny pupils the chance to read for fun, says Laureate
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A leading writer has attacked the Government's "macho" education policies for deterring children from reading books2008-07-09T08:45:19ZBank left reeling as deputy quits
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The Bank of England was in turmoil after the resignation of Sir John Gieve, the deputy accused of neglecting his duties during the collapse of Northern Rock2008-06-19T09:26:41ZBe honest, you'd rather read Jordan than Cherie
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One book of memoirs has already been genuinely popular this year - Jordan: Pushed to the Limit, by Katie Price2008-05-16T08:21:55ZThe curse of Harry: rich publishers, poor authors
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Joanna Trollope has left her publisher of many years, Bloomsbury. It's reported that Trollope felt that the firm has become so preoccupied with its great money-maker, JK Rowling, that it has neglected its bread and butter authors and lost its way2008-04-25T08:04:24ZI never knew an Olympic event could be such fun
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Possibly, I am the only person in Britain who was converted to supporting the Olympics by yesterday's torch relay triumph2008-04-07T08:03:19ZWhy comedian plus punchline equals guffaw
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The Science Museum is to embark on the first scientific examination of what makes Londoners laugh.2008-01-03T11:47:31ZIt's poetry, but not as we know it
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Wandering on, tie askew, flies agape, Tim Key delivers poems about, among other things, goats, romantic rejection and David Blunkett.2007-12-14T00:00:00ZNew play puts Blair on 'trial' over Iraq
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A new play about the 2003 invasion of Iraq will be a 'balanced' look at the case for war, says the Tricycle Theatre's director Nicholas Kent.2007-01-08T12:23:36ZDining dens where the plot thickens
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Forget the Commons - London's finest restaurants are where all of the real political scheming takes place, as former Labour minister Gerald Kaufman reveals.2006-09-13T13:19:23Z