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FORMER Home Secretary David Blunkett was handing out awards in Canary Wharf this week, and was full of praise for those who overcome adversity to succeed in business.

Mr Blunkett and Attorney General Baroness Scotland were the keynote speakers at the National Mentoring Consortium awards at Lehman Brothers headquarters in Bank Street on Tuesday.

The scheme, set up 14 years ago, has successfully developed links between universities, including the University of East London, and employers such as Lehman Brothers and Barclays, giving disabled students or those from ethnic minorities the opportunity to gain valuable advice and experience from business people in a work environment.