More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule

More than 600 documents have been released by the Cabinet Office today under the 20-year rule. Most are correspondence and work on government policies during Sir Tony Blair’s Labour administration 2004-2005.

They include a file about Kim Philby’s archive and another relating to the successful Olympics 2012 bid.

There is material relating to the tsunami in the Indian Ocean and birthday messages to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.

Of the files, The National Archives has digitised more than 80 which can be found on Discovery – our catalogue.

The rest of the documents are available to order through Discovery – our catalogue and read at The National Archives in Kew, south-west London.