About David Blunkett:
David Blunkett, is best known as a British politician and more recently academic, having represented the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency for 28 years through to the 7th of May when he stepped down at the General Election. Blind since birth, and coming from a poor family in one of Sheffield's most deprived districts, he rose to become Education and Employment Secretary, Home Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary in Tony Blair's Cabinet following Labour's victory in the 1997 general election.
I did not in late November start the plethora of linking my private life with public events again.
David BlunkettIt is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development.
David BlunkettThat is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today.
David Blunkett