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Tuesday 7 March 2006

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This is the place to find exclusive photographs from a variety of events from Tony Blair’s premiership.

Included are Downing Street receptions, school visits, international conferences and overseas trips. These galleries cover the period from July 2005 to June 2007 when Mr Blair resigned.

Receptions

Tony Blair   Image copyright: Reuters Frontline workers

The PM hosted a breakfast reception for frontline public sector workers

Tony Blair with KT Tunstall and Josh Hartnett at the Global Cool reception. 1 February 2007 Global Cool

Stars of stage and screen arrived for a climate change reception

Janet Peet presents her film on life in the UK Blue Peter winners

The Prime Minister met the three Blue Peter and No10 competion winners

Tony Blair meets armed forces heroes in Downing Street on Veterans Day Veterans Day

Tony Blair hosted a special reception in Downing Street to mark the first-ever Veterans Day.  

Thabo Mbeki, Paul Boateng and Ruud Gullit listen to the PM address a UNICEF/Soccer Aid receptionUNICEF Soccer Aid

Robbie Williams brought a host of former footballers and celebrities to Number 10 

Tony Blair at a meeting with Muslim womenMuslim women meeting

Tony Blair met with a group of Muslim women in Downing Street 

Tony Blair in a still from a Downing Street website education film Further Education stars

Tony Blair met with teachers and students involved in improving further education. 

Buncefield reception The Buncefield firefighters

Firefighters who helped deal with the huge fire in Hemel Hempstead met the PM 

School governors receptionSchool govenors reception

Tony Blair thanked more than 150 governors for their hard work 

The England cricket captains Clare Connor and Michael Vaughan present special bats to Prime Minister Tony Blair Ashes winners

Downing Street greeted the England cricket team following their victory over Australia 

Tony Blair 2012 Olympics winners

The team which helped win the Olympics for London were invited to Number 10 

World Book Day reception in Number 10 World Book Day

A special event in Number 10 mark World Book Day 2005 

Other events inside Number 10

Tony Blair gives a presentation during a seminar to discuss securing the UK's borders Border and visas strategy

Tony Blair hosted a seminar with leading biometric and immigration experts

Simon Schama Simon Schama

The TV historian interviewed the PM for a special podcast

Tony Blair and John Reid at a meeting to discuss how to tackle gun crime, 22 February 2007 Downing Street gun summit

Tony Blair hosted a seminar to speak about tackling youth gun crime

Richard hammond. Picture: Mike Moore, Daily Mirror Richard Hammond podcast

The diminutive TV star spoke to the PM about road pricing

Spurs players Ledley King and Paul Robinson at the launch of a football community project, 10 Downing Street, 29 January 2007 Community soccer

Ledley King and Paul Robinson came to launch a Spurs football foundation

Tony Blair and Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly host a housing seminar in Downing Street, 9 January 2007 Downing Street housing seminar

Tony Blair and Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly hosted a round-table discussion to discuss improvements in social housing.

A special 10 Downing Street bus service All aboard for free bus travel

A special Number 10 bus arrived bearing glad tidings

Tony Blair plays Kwik Cricket in 10 Downing Street PM bowled over by sporting success

Kids played cricket in the House while sports stars celebrated Pledgebank

Three youngsters who brought a climate change petition with them to Number 10, 8 November 2006 Climate change kids come to Number 10

Tony Blair met six schoolchildren who had brought a global warming petition with them

Prime Minister Tony Blair PM meets Polish President

Tony Blair met with his Polish counterpart for talks on the future of Europe

Prime Minister Tony Blair PM meets with Mayor’s for Number 10 forum

Tony Blair hosted a seminar with a dozen Mayors to discuss the challenges facing modern cities.

Tony Blair and Indian PM Manmohan Singh outside 10 Downing Street 10 October 2006 UK-India summit

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived at Number 10 for the third annual UK-India summit

Prime Minister Tony Blair NHS waiting list summit

Medical chiefs gathered in Number 10 to discuss waiting list targets  

Pop stars McFly are supporting My Friend Needs a Teacher McFly drop in to help Africa

Children quizzed the PM about how much progress has been made in helping Africa 

One of the teacher cut-out characters sent into Number 10 Cut-out teachers

Youngsters have been using their creative skills to support teachers needed in the developing world.  

Tony Blair, three of his ministers, and Respect task force head Louise Casey hear evidence from anti-social behaviour workers Respect Cabinet committee

Tony Blair heard first-hand about the impact his anti-social behaviour agenda is having 

The England World Cup fan busFootball fans bus

The PM signed a message of goodwill to the England football team 

Tony Blair at the launch of Soca Launch of crime-fighting agency

The PM launched the Serious Organised Crime Agency  

PM's school academy reception City Academy reception

Thanking those involved with the ground-breaking academy programme 

Swedish PM Goran Persson with Tony Blair in Number 10 Swedish PM Persson comes to town

Mr Blair entertains an overseas visitor 

Brazilian Presidential State Visit Visit of Brazilian president Lula

The President was in the UK on a State Visit 

Earthquake rescue workers PM meets with Pakistan earthquake heroes

UK experts involved in the Pakistan earthquake relief effort visited Number 10 

Asia international development conference PM helps launch major Asia conference

Politicians, business leaders and aid agency workers wanted to end poverty in Asia 

Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt Launch of Women and Work report

Mr Blair hosted a round-table meeting to launch the Women and Work report  

Prime Minister Tony Blair Progress of integrated health service   

Meeting with representatives of the independent sector treatment centres 

Afghan President Karzai Conference on the future of Afghanistan

President Karzai and Kofi Annan hosted a conference on Afghanistan 

The PM and Mrs Blair greet Hu Jintao and Liu Yongqing to Number 10Visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao

Chinese president Hu visited Tony Blair during his three-day state visit to the UK 

The 2005 Downing Street Xmas Tree is delivered Downing Street Christmas Tree 2005

Every year a contest is held to supply a tree to Number 10 

Regional visits

Tony Blair on HMS Liverpool in Rosyth Visit to HMS Liverpool

On the 25th anniversary of the strat of the Falklands conflict

Tony Blair at Brunel University, 15 February 2007 Future of higher education funding

The PM spoke about the future of education funding during a visit to a west London university

Tony Blair and Olympic Gold medal winner Kelly Holmes at the school sport conference, 1 February 2007 School sport

Tony Blair gave a speech in Telford about the importance of physical education

Commanding Officer Tim Lowe introduces the crew of HMS Albion to Tony Blair Our Nation’s Future - Defence

The PM toured HMS Albion in Plymouth before delivering a keynote lecture

Tony Blair reads a Christmas story to a youngster at the Wingate Children's Centre in County Durham, 21 December 2006 Xmas visit to County Durham

Tony Blair opened the Darlington College learning building as well as the Wingate Sure Start centre.

Tony Blair at the launch of the new UK-Norway gas pipeline 16 October 2006 PM hails new era of energy security for UK

Tony Blair opened a pipeline which will supply up to a fifth of the UK’s gas.

 

Tony Blair chats with parents and youngsters at a sports centre in East London 10 October 2006 Healthy Choices Healthy Living

The PM travelled to east London to meet health and marketing experts

Tony Blair chats to budding 2012 competitors at Spennymoor Gymnastics Club 21 July 2006 Educational stars on North East visit

The PM visited a pioneering school and met some Olympic hopefuls  

Prime Minister Tony Blair PM delivers on spending for children’s hospices

A trip to the Butterwick Children’s hospice in Stockton-on-Tees  

A closed-down drugs den in South London PM visits transformed London estate

Tony Blair inspected a closed-down drugs den 

Tony Blair, Spurs manager Martin Jol and England keeper Paul Robinson talk tactics PM kicks-off soccer "respect" campaign

Mr Blair had a kickaround at the White Hart Lane football ground 

World Book Day eventLaunch of Quick Reads scheme

A new project aimed at helping emergent readers 

PM visits Nissan factory in Sunderland Visit to Sunderland Nissan factory

The Nissan workforce are an example to the rest of the country 

PM visits Sure Start centre in Leeds PM visit to east Manchester

Meeting with people who transformed an area of east Manchester 

PM visits Dunraven School in London Praise for South London School

The high-performing Dunraven School 

Tony Blair receives a gift from youngsters at the Chapeltown Sure Start centre in LeedsSure Start in action in Yorkshire

Kids have been given a boost by the Sure Start scheme 

 PM visits Bournville School in Birmingham Tribute to ‘incredible’ Midlands school

The PM made a surprise visit to the Bournville School 

PM visits college in Crawley PM opens training centre for talented teens

Teenagers in Crawley face a brighter future with a new centre 

PM on a Respect visit to Aylesbury Visit to Aylesbury estate

The vital community work being done in Southwark 

PM cleans up grafitti in Swindon PM wipes out graffiti on Respect visit

The PM launched his "Respect" campaign with a graffiti-cleaning exercise 

PM addressed Safer Neighbourhoods conference Safer Croydon Partnership conference

A visit to the Safer Partnership conference in Croydon, south London 

PM attends launch of Christian-Muslim Forum Launch of Christian-Muslim Forum

The PM spoke at the formal launch of a new interfaith group  

International Events

Prime Minister Tony Blair on a diplomatic tour NATO summit in Riga

The PM attended the NATO summit in Latvia

Tony Blair reflects on a St Petersburg G8 summit

A gallery from the three-day G8 summit in Russia 

Eddie Izzard flies the flag When Eddie met Tony!

Popular comedian Eddie Izzard travelled to Brussels for a special podcast 

PM makes surprise visit to Iraq in December 2005 PM’s visit to 2005 Iraq

Mr Blair made a surprise seasonal visit to the Middle East 

The Prime Minister welcoming London's 2012 Olympic bid success. Photo: Richard Lewis/Crown Copyright - H.M. Government G8 Gleneagles Summit Day One

The day London won the 2012 Olympics 

Prime Minister Tony Blair at the G8 summit G8 Gleneagles Summit Day Two

Day Two was overshadowed the 7/7 London bombings 

Tony Blair with European Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso before a EU tripartite social meeting Hampton Court informal EU summit

European leaders gathered in London for talks 

President Bush arriving for the G8 summit at Gleneagles, Scotland. Photo: Anita Maric/Crown Copyright-H.M Government G8 Gleneagles Summit Day Three

The leaders discussed their acheivements 

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