Pressure Mounts On Blunkett After Visa Allegations; Home Secretary Accused of Abusing His Position to Help Former Lover's Nanny

Sunday Herald › December 01, 2004

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Home Secretary David Blunkett is today facing demands for an inquiry into allegations that he abused his position to help his lover.

Conservatives called for a judge to be appointed to investigate a series of allegations, most seriously that he intervened to rush through a visa allowing the nanny of his former mistress, Kimberly Quinn, to stay in Britain.

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Pressure Mounts On Blunkett After Visa Allegations; Home Secretary Accused of Abusing His Position to Help Former Lover's Nanny

Blunkett strenuously denied all the allegations, insisting that he had simply been asked to check over a visa application form for Filipina Leoncia "Luz" Casalme to see it was filled in correctly.

In a separate development, an unnamed "friend" o...

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