British minister and Blair ally Blunkett resigns
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LONDON - A Cabinet minister embroiled in the messy fallout of an affair with a married woman resigned on Wednesday, his department said.
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Tony Blair steps down as prime minister and MP to take up new job as special Middle East envoy.
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LONDON, DECEMBER 15: Senior British minister David Blunkett resigned on Wednesday, ripping a hole in Prime Minister Tony Blairâs team months before an expected general election.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will resign in just over a year, his former press secretary, Alastair Campbell, was quoted as saying.
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LONDON: ,British Pensions Minister Andrew Smith resigned from the government yesterday, setting Prime Minister Tony Blair on course for a government reshuffle.
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Lord Peter Goldsmith, the British government&#39;s senior legal advisor whose time in office was marked by several controversies, said Friday he would step down next week, alongside Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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A number of famous faces are quitting frontline politics alongside Blair.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was  forced to reshuffle his government ahead of a looming general  election after the resignation of senior minister David  Blunkett, who headed Britain's anti-terrorism campaign.
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Six junior members of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government resigned Wednesday to protest his refusal to set a date to leave office amid a growing Labour Party revolt. The rebellion flared despite strong hints by senior ministers that Blair planned to step down within a year, and a news report claiming the departure date would be July 26.
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Peter Hain quits the Cabinet after his deputy leader campaign donations are referred to the Met Police.
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Top UK government minister David Blunkett, a key ally of Tony Blair, has quit as home secretary, the BBC learns.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced to reshuffle his government ahead of a looming general election after the resignation of senior minister David Blunkett, who headed Britain's anti-terrorism ...
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and his cabinet have resigned, ending weeks of political uncertainty.
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Cabinet ministers in the Hamas-led Palestinian government resigned Thursday, a step toward forming a unity government with Palestinian President Mamoud Abbas' Fatah party.
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Tony Blair saw Home Secretary David Blunkett as a major asset in the looming election. Now a scandal has forced him out and made him a liability.
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Top British government minister David Blunkett resigned on Wednesday over a charge of abuse of office, ripping a hole in Prime Minister Tony Blair's government months before an expected general election.
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Senior British government minister David Blunkett resigned on Wednesday, ripping a hole in Prime Minister Tony Blair's team months before an expected general election.