David Blunkett Articles

Thirty years after Neil Kinnock’s Bournemouth speech, Robert Philpot recalls the fight to save the Labour party from the hard left In September 1985, two years after Neil Kinnock was elected its leader in the wake of the devastating landslide defeat which saw Margaret...

My friend just got his black belt. While he’d love it to be of the Karate Kid variety, it is actually because of his ninja skills in the world of ‘process improvement’ – in short, he is an expert at making engineering projects more efficient. And, while the title of...

Devolving powers to improve school standards is good for children, parents and local authorities David Blunkett’s wide-ranging review on the devolution of power to local areas to tackle underperformance and ensure proper oversight of schools is a radical proposal to...

Multi-academy trusts, free schools, studio schools, maintained schools, faith schools, the list seems endless. Even for those working in education the variance in school governance structures is bewildering. Every Labour politician gets told on a regular basis that...