Windrush scandal ‘foreseeable and avoidable’
The Home Office demonstrated ‘institutional ignorance and thoughtlessness’, a report found.
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Windrush draft branding Home Office institutionally racist ‘was watered down’
The phrase was reportedly included in an earlier version of Wendy Williams’ review but was subsequently removed.
Windrush victims ‘waiting too long’ for payouts from compensation scheme
Organisations and lawyers representing around 100 people criticised the way claims need to be submitted
Windrush immigrant who had lived in UK for 50 years died from the stress of losing his job when he couldn’t prove he was British
Dexter Bristol, 58, who worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital suffered a cardiac arrest.
Corbyn: Freedom of movement restrictions could lead to ‘Windrush on steroids’
The Labour leader urged the Home Office not to impose restrictions on EU nationals living in the UK, and criticised Home Secretary Priti Patel, saying she had adopted a “ludicrous position”.
Home Office spent £2.6k to take staff to Crystal Maze attraction amid Windrush scandal
Home Office managers have been reminded to spend taxpayers’ money “carefully and wisely” after splashing thousands on the team-building trip.
EXCLUSIVE: “Our community has been traumatised” MP calls on Windrush scheme to be widened urgently
“They are destroying people’s and families lives. "The Windrush generation and their relatives deserve better and need Windrush period to be widened. They need protection and not punishment."
Urgent Windrush debate: Sajid Javid slammed for “Government’s pandering to far-right racism, sham immigration targets, dog whistle of the right-wing press”
“I am half Jamaican and very proud of it, but I feel that what he says is unhelpful to the Jamaican community in this country. Like him, I am second generation, but I feel that he sounds like a reincarnation of Enoch Powell.”
These are the Windrush descendants detained now for mass deportation to Jamaica
“Mass deportation flights to Jamaica have been shown time and time again to be unjust and brutal tools of Theresa May’s government"
Revealed: Home Office resume controversial chartered deportation flights to Jamaica with Windrush relatives caught in swoop
“trying to restart mass deportations to Jamaica whilst the Windrush generation have yet to receive a penny, and many are still waiting months later for decisions, is a slap in the face for the Jamaican diaspora community in the UK"
Tory Minister apologises for treatment of Windrush generation
Caroline Nokes, Immigration Minister, has said that the Home Office 'got it so badly wrong,' over its treatment of the Windrush Generation. Nokes issued a “heartfelt apology” and was “ashamed” the treatment they received. Nokes was speaking to a group of Windrush generation people at a meeting in Brixton, South West ...
Death of Windrush man could have been caused by stress of “racist & xenophobic” government immigration policies
Lawyers for Dexter Bristol, 58, argue hostile immigration policies should form part of his inquest
BREAKING NEWS: Home Secretary Amber Rudd finally resigns over Windrush fiasco lies
After over two weeks of calls for the Home Secretary to resign over an “out of control” and “institutionally racist” Home Office, news emerged tonight that Prime Minister Theresa May has finally accepted Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s resignation. Both Amber Rudd and her predecessor Theresa May have been under intense ...
Windrush scandal: calls for Amber Rudd to resign as “out of control” Home Office contradicts her vow that her department had no removal targets
Home Secretary Amber Rudd is facing increasing calls for her resignation after it emerged that as she was telling MPs that the Home Office has no targets for removals, the Home Office were confirming what many suffering from the Windrush scandal already knew, Home Office staff were under pressure to ...
Windrush grandmother, who has paid taxes for almost 40 years, was sacked from her charity job last month – because she couldn’t prove her right to remain
A Windrush grandmother, who has paid taxes for almost 40 years, was sacked from her charity job last month - because she couldn't prove her right to remain. Jessica Eugene, who came to the UK in 1970, was fired from her receptionist job at a migrant charity after three years, ...
Government launches Windrush 2:0 with Caribbean recruitment drive to plug nursing gap caused by Brexit
The government has launched a recruitment drive for nurses in the Caribbean despite ongoing concerns over the treatment of the Windrush generation. Nurses from Jamaica are to be targeted as potential recruits for the health service, the government has revealed, in its latest move to try and help mitigate the ...
Just 6 Labour MPs voted against the 2014 Immigration Act that caused the Windrush Scandal – no prizes for guessing who they were
Jeremy Corbyn was one of just six Labour MPs who had the courage to vote against the 2014 Immigration Act which caused the Windrush Scandal. The Labour leader joined the vast majority of his current front bench in opposing the deal, although most Labour MPs at the time abstained. Diane ...
Windrush scandal: A father was denied passport and forced to miss daughter’s wedding because ‘he doesn’t exist’
A man born to parents who came to the UK on the Empire Windrush has been forced to miss his daughter's wedding - because he has been denied a British passport. Joseph Bravo, who has lived in the UK for 54 years, says he was unable to travel to daughter ...
Home Office destroyed thousands of Windrush immigrants’ landing card slips
The Home Office was responsible for destroying thousands of landing card slips recording Windrush immigrants’ arrival dates in the UK, a former employee has revealed. Despite warnings that the move would make it harder to check the records of older Caribbean-born residents experiencing residency difficulties, it was decided in 2010 to destroy ...
Watch: David Lammy describes Conservatives “small U-turn” on Windrush generation a “day of national shame”
Labour MP David Lammy poured scorn on the Conservative Party in the House of Commons today, describing their "small U-turn" on the Windrush generation as a "day of national shame". Speaking after Amber Rudd announced that a new task force would be set up to help Commonwealth immigrants facing deportation he said ...
UK admits some Windrush immigrants were wrongly deported
The government has admitted that some people from the Windrush generation have been deported in error. Great Britain asked for people from Caribbean countries, in the 50s and 60s, to plug a gap in the workforce. They entered the UK in the first wave of Commonwealth immigration 70 years ago. ...
Coronavirus UK – Labour urges Government to rethink immigration detention
"It’s completely unfair to put them at heightened risk in this way."
Amber Rudd ‘no-platformed’ at Oxford University event after student backlash
The former home secretary described the move as ‘badly judged and rude’.
Exclusive: Home Office attempted to deport man unfit to fly shackled in an ambulance
'Such conduct should be heavily criticised not only as being clearly unreasonable but also inhumane’ said lawyer Maria Petrova-Collins
Home Office still separating families not deported on chartered flight to Jamaica
As MPs slam the Government for deleting the phrase ‘institutionally racist’ from a report on the Windrush Scandal, we reveal what those at the brunt of Home Office policy are still suffering.
Landlords and employers, Priti Patel needs you
Don't expect more border controls after Brexit. The Home Office will doubtless place the burden of detection upon landlords and employers.
Britain First leader Paul Golding charged under the Terrorism Act
Paul Golding was stopped on his way back from a trip to the Russian Parliament in Moscow.
Donald Trump mocks Parasite’s best picture win
South Korean film Parasite was a popular winner at the Academy Awards.
Priti Patel defends PM after Dave brands him ‘real racist’ in Brit Awards rap
The Home Secretary made the remarks as she defended the Government’s immigration plans to refuse visas to low-skilled migrant workers after Brexit.
Dave delivers politically charged rap at the Brits
The star performed his song Black at the ceremony, taking aim at Boris Johnson.
Jeremy Corbyn asks Boris Johnson if he’d deport himself
"If there was a case of a young white boy with blonde hair who later dabbled in Class A drugs would he deport that boy?"
Home Office reviewing eight Jamaica deportation cases
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the Government made ‘no apology whatsoever for seeking to remove serious foreign national offenders’.
Government removes people on Jamaica deportation flight despite court ruling
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Home Office not to remove detainees who were deprived of legal representation due to being unable to use their phones.
Minister insists forced deportation flight is reasonable despite criticism
More than 150 cross-party MPs have called on the Government to halt Tuesday’s flight.
Hundreds of thousands join Lord Dubs’ plea to protect child refugees as House of Lords debate Withdrawal Bill
“Children with relatives in the UK should not be surviving alone in camps and carparks in Europe, or pushed into the hands of people smugglers because safe, legal route to reach their family are shut down."
Johnson suffers embarrassing Lords defeat
Peers vote for EU citizens to be given physical proof of right to stay in UK after Brexit.
Brexit campaigners used racism to divide our country says Clive Lewis
The shadow treasury minister and Labour leadership candidate Clive Lewis says the campaign to leave the EU was used as a mechanism to divide communities, though he added that doesn’t mean people who voted Brexit are racist.
Government slammed for ‘unjust’ refugee policy of ‘human misery and misspent public funds’
Charity Freedom From Torture has called for a complete overhaul of the asylum decision-making system.
Update: how to apply for settled status for EU citizens now the UK leaves the EU on 31 January
Update 26/12/19: the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 January. All your questions on applying for settled status answered.
‘Bollocks to the people’ was the Centrists’ election slogan
Demand Remain and get the hardest Brexit - that's the message the centrists must come to terms with.
New pollster warns Boris Johnson’s majority is dangerously exposed to tactical voting
The Conservatives are relying on low turnout and Brits not voting tactically for their predicted majority.
Grime 4 Corbyn: Tories are racist and harmful for our communities
Co-organiser Sofia Mason said the General Election is ‘life and death’.
Institutional racism at Britain’s biggest companies means BAME employees 90 per cent less likely to get boardroom job
Study by Anuranjita Kumar points to 'old boy's network'
Former Labour MP Ian Austin stands down and urges people to vote Tory
He dubbed Jeremy Corbyn an "extremist" and branded Boris Johnson "a patriot".