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Lord Haskins obituary

Europhile farmer and businessman whose Northern Foods supplied ready meals to Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Waitrose

The Guardian - UK

Minorities in adverts are menaced, footballers observing Ramadan are booed. Is this the Britain we want?

Intolerance is in vogue and leaders are failing to meet the moment. When King Charles seems the best and bravest hope, the problem is clear, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye

The Guardian - UK

Five former education secretaries urge Labour MPs to back Send reforms

Exclusive: David Blunkett and Estelle Morris among those calling plans a ‘once in a generation chance’ to fix system

The Guardian - UK

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‘Complete shambles’: Exasperated Labour MPs lash out at Starmer over digital ID U-turn

Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett says scheme was doomed to ‘run into the sand’ because PM ‘failed to make the case’ for it

The Independent UK

Imprisoned indefinitely for stealing a phone? End this injustice, prime minister

THE INDEPENDENT’S VIEW: Editorial: The discredited law of open-ended sentencing was abolished as ‘unjust’ 14 years ago, yet it continues to blight lives and overwhelm prisons. Ending IPP injustice for the 2,400 prisoners still denied a release date is not about being soft on crime – it is about upholding…

The Independent UK

Half of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25s

Exclusive: David Blunkett warns Keir Starmer Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming ‘lost generation’ on his watch

The Guardian - UK

Blunkett tells Starmer to sack No 10 chief Morgan McSweeney

The intervention comes after a row at the top of Labour following anonymous briefings against health secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK

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David Blunkett backs proposal for skilled migrants to train British workers

Ex-home secretary says ‘work and teach’ visa, which thinktank finds could help reduce public concerns about immigration, is a ‘serious, pragmatic plan’

The Guardian - UK

Blunkett: Better Whitehall the only way to see off ‘far-right’ threat

Lord Blunkett served in former prime minister Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour cabinets between 1997 and 2004, and again in 2005.

Evening Standard

For God’s sake give blind and partially-sighted people a chance, says Blunkett

A tactile bronze bust of David Blunkett is on display in the House of Lords’ Royal Gallery.

Evening Standard

‘He’s in the right place now’: Father jailed for 13 years for stealing phone is finally transferred to hospital

Thomas White, who was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis under an abolished IPP jail term, told his sister ‘I would have died in prison’ after he finally arrived in hospital

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham: The ‘King of the North’ whose bid to return to Westminster sparked Labour civil war

PROFILE: Keir Starmer is floundering in the polls, and Labour needs rescuing from the growing threat of Reform. Sean O’Grady asks whether the ‘King of the North’ could be its knight in shining armour, even after his Westminster bid was blocked by Starmer

The Independent UK

The ECHR is flawed, but be warned: it would be unwise to entrust human rights to an ‘elective dictatorship’

Brexit removed many checks and balances from the UK government. That’s why leaving the European convention on human rights would be a huge risk, says constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor

The Guardian - UK

Number of ‘Neets’ a societal and economic disaster, warns David Blunkett

The Labour peer urges the Government to look at a welfare-to-work programme he introduced as employment secretary back in 1998

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

New fathers face ‘hidden’ suicide crisis as study reveals shocking figures

Seven times more fathers died by suicide within their baby’s first 1,001 days than mothers

Evening Standard

Officials must ‘get off bums’ and quickly set up football regulator – Blunkett

Legislation passed in July paves the way to set up the body which will oversee the professional men’s game in England.

The National (Scotland)

'Really dangerous': Liberty chief blasts Labour over human rights law tinkering

LABOUR’S tinkering with European human rights laws is “really dangerous”, according to the head of a leading civil liberties group.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers aim to export London’s academic success to England’s struggling schools

Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson says Rise scheme will use techniques from Blair government’s London Challenge

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The Independent UK

Ministers must summon the courage to right an ‘obvious injustice’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Judges who passed indefinite sentences join The Independent’s campaign to re-sentence those prisoners who have been unfairly trapped by the long-abolished IPP law

The Guardian - UK

Blunkett urges ministers to use ‘incredible sensitivity’ when changing Send system in England

Former home secretary tells government to reassure parents there will be a ‘meaningful replacement’ for EHCPs

The Guardian - UK

Witness in a Time of Turmoil by Ian Mayes review – behind the scenes at the Guardian

A lively history of the paper from 1986 to 1995 covers global upheaval, internal conflict and a bold but brilliant redesign

The Guardian - UK

Delaying child poverty plan until autumn budget is ‘right call’, says Brown

Delay has caused anxiety among MPs, but former PM says ministers need time to secure funding for flagship strategy

Evening Standard

Blunkett outlines ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ plan to fix railways in Yorkshire

He said Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail would deliver a huge boost to jobs, growth and new housing.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on better public transport for the north: good politics and good economics

Editorial: Northern metro mayors are right to demand a step change in public investment at next month’s government spending review

The Conversation

David Blunkett: the world has changed since Liz Truss’s mini budget, so what is Labour still so scared of?

Much has been said about UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ self-imposed fiscal rules, and her repeated assertion – which she included in the spring statement – that they are “non-negotiable”. Of course, this is true if you’re not prepared to listen to alternatives, but in the real world there is no…

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