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Remove Windrush payout scheme from Home Office control, campaigners urge
Published 12 June 2026 ยท politics
Public figures sign open letter calling for scheme to be moved from Home Office to independent body UK politics live โ latest updates The prime
Public figures sign open letter calling for scheme to be moved from Home Office to independent body UK politics live โ latest updates The prime minister and the home secretary have been urged to remove the Windrush compensation scheme from Home Office control. About 70 public figures have signed an open letter backing a call by the Windrush Justice Community Collective (WJCC) for a radical overhaul of the scheme, which was set up to compensate those, mainly Black Britons, who were wrongly classed as illegal migrants and stripped of citizenship rights over decades. Continue reading...
Published: June 12, 2026 โข 8:59 PM IST ยท Updated: June 12, 2026 โข 9:41 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Public figures sign open letter calling for scheme to be moved from Home Office to independent body UK politics live โ latest updates The prime minister and the home secretary have been urged to remove the Windrush compensation scheme from Home Office control.
About 70 public figures have signed an open letter backing a call by the Windrush Justice Community Collective (WJCC) for a radical overhaul of the scheme, which was set up to compensate those, mainly Black Britons, who were wrongly classed as illegal migrants and stripped of citizenship rights over decades.