Blunkett was elected as a councillor to Sheffield City Council at the age of 22 and as MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in 1987, a constituency he still represents.

After serving on the shadow cabinet, he became education and employment secretary in 1997, home secretary in 2001 and work and pensions secretary in 2005.

As well as working on his constituency’s behalf since leaving government, Blunkett has also founded the Future For Youth Foundation, a charity that creates volunteering placements for young people not in work, education or training. His diaries, The Blunkett Tapes: My Life in the Bear Pit, were published in 2006.

The Annual Luncheon will take place at Stationers’ Hall in London on Thursday 6 November, with guests asked to arrive at 12.30pm for a 1pm start.

Tickets for the event, which includes a drinks reception and a three-course lunch, cost £95 per person or £900 for a table of 10.

Contact 01293 649366 or email alison@theprintingcharity.org.uk to book tickets.