Cabinet papers from 1997 to 2000 reveal that Kenneth Clarke hoped New Labour would bring in proportional representation, writes John Rentoul
Tony Blair with Harriet Harman, social security secretary, in October 1997t is that time of year, when the National Archives release a new batch of confidential government papers. This year the ritual is slightly different: a good example of what John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, called traditional values in a modern setting.
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