Blunkett ducks Brussels meetings as Blair pushes UK leadership in EU

Article discusses how senior UK Government Ministers view attending Council of the European Union meetings in the context of the failure by the UK Home Secretary, David Blunkett, to attend a Justice and Home Affairs Council since 2001. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw usually attends the monthly Council on Foreign Affairs (General Affairs and External Relations) and Chancellor Gordon Brown regularly attends Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Councils.