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| Blunkett announces wedding plans | Blunkett announces wedding plans |
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| Former home secretary David Blunkett is to remarry, his spokesman has said. | Former home secretary David Blunkett is to remarry, his spokesman has said. |
| The 61-year-old Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside will wed Margaret Williams, a doctor who works in the city. | The 61-year-old Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside will wed Margaret Williams, a doctor who works in the city. |
| The couple have been in a relationship for about three years and revealed their plans to friends at Dr Williams's 50th birthday party last weekend. | The couple have been in a relationship for about three years and revealed their plans to friends at Dr Williams's 50th birthday party last weekend. |
| Mr Blunkett was divorced from his first wife Ruth - with whom he has three sons - nearly 20 years ago. He said his new marriage would be a "happy journey". | |
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| Asked about his wedding plans, Mr Blunkett said: "Yes, we are looking to the future, but have not yet arranged a date. We are very pleased to be setting out on a new and happy journey together. | |
| "This is, of course, an entirely private and personal event and we would be grateful if our privacy could be respected." | |
| Mr Blunkett, who has been blind since birth, served as leader of Sheffield Council before becoming an MP in 1987 and - as education secretary - was one of the highest profile ministers after Labour came to power in 1997. | |
| He later became home secretary but resigned in December 2004 when it emerged a visa for the nanny working for his lover, the publisher Kimberley Quinn, had been fast-tracked by the Home Office. | |
| Mr Blunkett soon returned to the cabinet, as work and pensions secretary, but quit again in November 2005, after being accused of breaking the ministerial code of conduct over paid work he took while he was out of office. | |
| Mr Blunkett has a fourth son by Ms Quinn, while divorcee Dr Williams has three teenage daughters. |