One possibility is that the intruders had planned to snatch property and run away, or tie up the husband and wife and ransack the house. Their victims may have tried to fight them off in the hallway.Police said today that a man had been arrested in connection with their inquiries.Mr Monckton, who is a senior director with the financial firm Legal & General, was fatally wounded and his wife, who is 45, was also stabbed. A city financier has been stabbed to death and his wife seriously injured by two intruders who forced their way into their Chelsea home. She was described as in a serious condition in hospital after emergency surgery. The couple’s younger daughter is the only person at this stage who can provide the police with a description of what happened.The Moncktons have a second daughter, Sabrina, aged 12, but she was away at boarding school at the time.The family were regular worshippers at the Catholic church opposite their home, and Canon Michael Brockie, the priest at Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More church, was with Mr Monckton in hospital when he died. Mr Monckton, 49, was a cousin of Rosa Monckton – a friend of Diana, Princess of Wales – who is married to Dominic Lawson, the editor of The Sunday Telegraph.The murder is likely to re-ignite the debate about violent crime and how far residents should be allowed to go to protect themselves at home.Two young men are thought to have forced their way through the front door of the Monckton’s three-storey house in Upper Cheyne Row, west London, at about 7.30pm The motive is unclear. Get your kids back.”Mrs Quinn’s husband called later for a ceasefire for the sake of her health.Speaking outside his London home, Stephen Quinn said: “I think it is in the best interests of the child and her that the matter is put aside.”I would like to seek an adjournment until such a time as our baby is born and my wife has recovered from that.”Mr Quinn said his wife had difficulties during her first pregnancy and her health was his main priority.Seven months pregnant Mrs Quinn was in hospital last night after stress caused by the revelations..

If he influenced this matter, his position is untenable.”The latest twist came after Mr Blunkett last night admitted he had been wrong to give a rail warrant intended for MPs’ spouses to his married lover.His spokesman said he would repay the £180 cost of the train ticket to Doncaster insisting he had made a “genuine mistake”.Mr Blunkett claims he is the father of Mrs Quinn’s two-year-old son William and her unborn child. She is married to publisher Stephen Quinn.Mrs Quinn was admitted to St Mary’s Hospital, in Paddington, west London, last night and is being kept under observation.Mr Blunkett left the Passport Office after a 20-minute meeting without making further comment to the press.As he walked to his ministerial car with his guide dog Sadie, a passer-by shouted: “You’re a good man Dave You ain’t done nothing wrong. It is important that the inquiry looks at the role of the Civil Service to establish exactly what occurred in this case.”Mr Davis added: “If the Daily Mail story is correct it is very difficult to understand how this can be the normal length of procedure for an application to remain.”Mr Blunkett will have to explain precisely how this rapid processing of the application came about. They are authentic.”They prove absolutely nothing except that we were moving through the process of fast-tracking a very large number of documents prior to the beginning of charging for indefinite leave to remain, and we will be saying later in the day something about that without actually damaging Sir Alan Budd’s investigation.”Thanks again to people who are giving me their support.”I wouldn’t be standing here and I wouldn’t have had the support of the Prime Minister or have requested myself on Sunday the review if I thought there was any doubt whatsoever about my integrity.”I have spent 34 years building peoples’ trust. David Blunkett today defiantly insisted he had done nothing wrong, after fresh claims that his former lover’s nanny had her visa application speeded up. Her doctor has reportedly advised that any moves to establish paternity should be stopped until after the birth of the baby early next year.. “God forbid this brings on a premature baby.”The health of Mrs Quinn has reportedly been under strain as a result of the disputed paternity of her son and her unborn child.The paternity of both has been cast in doubt by the controversy sparked by the demise of the three-year relationship between Mrs Quinn and Mr Blunkett.Mr Quinn has emphasised that the health of Mrs Quinn and her unborn baby is the most important issue at present.

Mr Quinn said that her condition was not serious, but he did not know when she would be discharged. He added that he feared the stress surrounding the controversy could harm the baby, due in February.”I have a wife who is vomiting, she is sick, she is losing weight,” he earlier told The Daily Telegraph. The findings support the need for government to focus on improving delivery for all.”. The pregnant former lover of David Blunkett was being treated in hospital last night after collapsing from stress linked to revelations of her affair with the Home Secretary.

What we need is for the Government to focus on this group as the logical next phase to reducing poverty and inequality.”A spokeswoman for the Social Exclusion Unit said: “The department welcomes the report as a contribution to knowledge and understanding. Mr Palmer said: “When you look behind the headlines, the economy is not doing anything to help reduce poverty. The successes have been where the Government has very actively intervened, for instance by increasing income support for families.”There are millions on the minimum wage, who can only get short-term jobs and have no pensions or savings. They are being positioned for even worse poverty in later life. Out of 50 key poverty indicators, only 10 have improved over the past year, while seven have got worse.Areas in which poverty problems are increasing include people without educational qualifications and those with chronic illnesses.