Labour Women and Equalities Secretary and Party Chair, and Chair of the Labour Policy Review, Anneliese Dodds MP, visited the RNIB’s London office the Grimaldi Building on Wednesday 24 January 2024 to have a tour of the building, meet with RNIB Chief Executive Matt Stringer and other key RNIB staff to learn about the obstacles faced by blind and partially sighted people.

After the tour of the Grimaldi Building and meeting with RNIB staff, Ms Dodds chaired a roundtable on disability and employment in which more than 20 disabled people and disability campaigners took part.

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Labour Party Chair and Shadow Secretary for Women and Equalities Anneliese Dodds just after the end of the round table panel discussion to find out how her visit to the RNIB went, what Ms Dodds would be taking away from the afternoon and how the visit might form and influence her party’s policies in the led up to the next general election. 

Image shows Toby and Anneliese stood next to each other inside the Grimaldi building