MP Wes Streeting guided by RNIB

^{Wes Streeting, second from left; Gen Kitchen in red top and front right, Vivienne Francis}

Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting accompanied RNIB staff on a guided walk to demonstrate the barriers faced by blind and partially sighted people.

Streeting joined Gen Kitchen, Labour Party parliamentary candidate for Wellingborough, and RNIB’s chief social change officer Vivienne Francis.

He wore ‘SimSpecs’ to gain an understanding of what it is like for people with sight loss to travel independently.

Streeting said: ‘It’s been great to spend time with the RNIB and gain a better understanding of how
decisions around our local environments, from street design features to leaving bins in the pavement, can adversely affect blind and partially sighted people.