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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

For God’s sake give blind and partially-sighted people a chance, says Blunkett

Lord David Blunkett with a bronze bust of himself (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Blind and partially-sighted people face “a major problem in terms of access to work”, David Blunkett has said.

The former home secretary called on employers to “for God’s sake, give them a chance”, as he said “things have changed for the better” but “not enough” during his near-six decades in public life.

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