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Article: The Scurra.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2003
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DAVID Blunkett may have progressed from Education Secretary to Home Secretary but his first meeting with Tony Blair as a Cabinet minister descended into farce, I learn. And it was all down to a massive cock-up by civil servants.
Yesterday, Blunkett's former permanent secretary at the Department of Education and Employment, Sir Michael Bichard, took responsibility for one of the most unpromising debuts by a minister ever.
Blunkett, who takes his guide ...