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- Blunkett quits after 'mistakes'
David Blunkett admits making mistakes over his business affairs as he resigns from the Cabinet for a second time. - 'Times are tough', Blair admits
Tony Blair tells the Cabinet "times are tough" as he seeks to reassert his authority after David Blunkett resigns. - Hutton chosen to replace Blunkett
Cabinet minister John Hutton is appointed to take over from David Blunkett as work and pensions secretary. - Blair a 'lame duck', says Howard
David Blunkett's resignation leaves Tony Blair as a "lame duck" with few allies, Tory leader Michael Howard says. - Agent attacks 'hounding'
David Blunkett's political friends in Sheffield say he has been unfairly forced out of office. - Biotech company boss steps down
A director of the biotechnology company at the centre of the row over David Blunkett's business affairs steps down. - Life and times of David Blunkett
David Blunkett's life and political career has been one of the most colourful and controversial in recent British history. Here are the highlights: - Your views: Was he right to go?
- Blunkett's fall captivates papers
David Blunkett's resignation from the Cabinet for the second time in a year dominates the papers - Pension reform: Where now?
The resignation of David Blunkett comes at an awkward time for plans to overhaul the pensions and welfare system. - Little sign of Sheffield sympathy
People in David Blunkett's home city of Sheffield give their reaction to his resignation from the Cabinet.BBC News' Nick Ravenscroft gauges reaction to David Blunkett's resignation in his home city of Sheffield. - Voters' panel give their views
Our voters' panel give their reaction to David Blunkett's resignation. - Blair and Blunkett letters in full
The full texts of David Blunkett's resignation letter and Tony Blair's response. - Q&A: Blunkett resignation
The BBC News Website looks at why David Blunkett has resigned from the Cabinet for a second time. - Businessman defends Blunkett
The businessman who persuaded David Blunkett to join a biotech firm says there should be no furore over the affair. - I am not resigning, says Blunkett
David Blunkett says he will not quit the Cabinet, as it emerges he failed to consult a watchdog over a third job. - Blunkett will sell biotech shares
Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett says his family will sell shares he bought in a DNA testing firm. - Press maintain Blunkett focus
The controversy surrounding David Blunkett's work while out of the Cabinet continues to dominate the papers - In full: Blunkett affair letters
The full text of letters from Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell about the David Blunkett affair. - In full: Blunkett statement
The full text of Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett about his family's shares in a DNA firm. - Blunkett letter 'honest mistake'
David Blunkett's spokesman brushes off as an "administrative error" an apparent breach of parliamentary rules. - No 10 backs Blunkett
Downing Street has defended David Blunkett in a row over his directorship of a DNA testing firm. - Blunkett steps down as home secretary
David Blunkett quits as home secretary after it emerges a visa for his ex-lover's nanny had been fast-tracked. - Clarke top of Cabinet reshuffle
Charles Clarke is made home secretary and Ruth Kelly takes over at education in the Cabinet reshuffle. - Blunkett's and Blair's letters
Tony Blair and David Blunkett wrote letters to one another as the home secretary announced his resignation. - Q&A: Blunkett paternity battle
David Blunkett has won the first round of a High Court battle with his ex-lover over access to her son. - Timeline: Blunkett resignation
Key events surrounding allegations David Blunkett "fast-tracked" a visa for his ex-lover's nanny. - Inquiry finds Blunkett did speed nanny's visa
A "chain of events" links David Blunkett to the speeding up of a visa application for his ex-lover's nanny, an inquiry finds. - Your reaction: Was he right to go?
David Blunkett has resigned his post as home secretary after a visa for his ex-lover's nanny was fast-tracked. Send us your reaction. - Press feeds on Blunkett departure
Most sections of the British press display some sympathy for David Blunkett, following his resignation on Tuesday - Blunkett reaction - in quotes
The resignation of David Blunkett is met with relief from some groups he dealt with and disappointment from others. - Blunkett 'honourable to resign'
Tory David Davis pays tribute to David Blunkett but says he was right to resign. - The mixed legacy of Home Secretary Blunkett
Legal affairs analyst Jon Silverman on how the work of this home secretary will be remembered. - The last e-mail casualty?
David Blunkett resigned 24 hours after a damaging e-mail was discovered. How safe is your inbox from prying eyes? - Blunkett sings of starting over
David Blunkett's troubles show no sign of abating despite his attempts to put a brave face on things with a song. - What if Blunkett were African?
If an African minister fast-tracked a visa application, no-one would bat an eyelid - one of the reasons why it remains the world's poorest continent. - Profile: Kimberly Quinn
A profile of Kimberly Quinn, formerly Fortier, who until recently was the lover of UK Home Secretary David Blunkett.