Home Office refuses to speed up visa case of woman with terminal cancer Windrush campaigner Eulalee Pennant has appealed that her application for further leave to remain be resolved before she dies The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2022
Windrush compensation scheme ‘not fit for purpose’ as only 1% of appeals successful Exclusive: Just 42 of the 3,479 appeals last year were successful, new figures show The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022
What lies in new Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s in-tray? The new boss of the Home Office will have a wide-ranging brief, with many challenges to tackle. The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
Boney M star Liz Mitchell opens up about Windrush and getting 22bn TikTok views The Boney M song Rasputin has notched up an incredible number of views on the app after fans used it as a backdrop to make a huge variety of videos on the platform Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022
Pupils make it to Windrush event after evacuation from stuck train Party of 48 pupils and their teachers waited on train for almost three hours en route to Royal Festival Hall The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022
London mayor calls for free NHS care for all UK residents to help ‘prevent another Windrush scandal’ Currently some migrants, mainly Black and Asian, can face being charged upfront fees for healthcare that is not deemed urgent or immediately necessary, or be charged retrospectively for urgent treatment. The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022
Windrush: only one in four applicants have received compensation Figure comes four years after people wrongly classified as illegal immigrants were promised redress The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022
Faces in a London crowd: museum’s appeal to identify Windrush arrivals The National Railway Museum in quest to tell stories of the West Indian passengers caught on camera at Waterloo station as they began a new life in Britain The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022
Home Office tried to ‘sanitise’ staff education module on colonialism Disagreements have led to delay in course rollout as civil servants think empire material ‘too controversial’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2022
The racist legislation that led to Windrush A suppressed report has concluded the fiasco’s roots lie in immigration legislation from 1950 to 1981 The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022
Windrush scandal caused by ‘30 years of racist immigration laws’ – report Exclusive: legislation has been designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population, according to leaked government paper The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022
‘We’re human beings too’: How a decade of the hostile environment has torn lives apart It is 10 years since Theresa May first used the phrase that has become synonymous with hardline policies on migrants. In that decade – from “go home” vans to the Windrush scandal – thousands have faced fear and uncertainty as a result. They tell Nadine White their stories The Independent UK · May 25, 2022
From ‘go home’ vans to Windrush scandal: a timeline of UK’s hostile environment Theresa May first revealed Tory policy that has been derided across the world The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022
Home Office staff worry they may be asked to act illegally in ‘culture of fear’ After 10 years of hostile environment, critics say immigration crackdown has had devastating human cost The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022
The Independent UK · May 19, 2022 ‘Like going back in time’: Windrush victim told to send selfies to DWP or lose universal credit ‘I went through all of this for 10 years and to be put back there again is devastating,’ says Glenda Caesar
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022 The last Labour government wasn’t so bad after all, was it George? Letters: Chris Donnison asks George Monbiot to reconsider an article he wrote in 2008, and Gerald Clarke is disappointed that he did not mention the Windrush scandal in his his attack on the Conservatives
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2022 Teaching the ‘benefits’ of the British empire is just another attempt to stoke the culture war The legacy of empire still shapes the world. But Kemi Badenoch’s plan will ensure that ignorance reigns over this, says Kojo Koram, law lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2022 Joy Labinjo: ‘I wanted to correct the notion that Black people arrived in Britain with Windrush’ For her latest show, the Dagenham-born artist bridges the personal and the political by bringing forgotten but crucial figures back to life
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022 Windrush: Home Office has failed to transform its culture, report says Independent expert Wendy Williams finds ‘lack of tangible progress or drive to achieve cultural changes required’
Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2022 Home Office blasted for exaggerating progress made after Windrush scandal Home Secretary Priti Patel has said she is 'pleased' with what the Home Office has achieved, despite a damning report highlighting only eight out of 30 recommendations, to shift the department's culture, have been made in two years.
The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022 Home Office must change or next Windrush may only be a matter of time – report So far, only eight of 30 recommendations from a review two years ago have been implemented in full.
The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022 Home Office ‘runs risk of another Windrush’ if it doesn’t transform culture, independent reviewer says Report by Wendy Williams finds ‘limited evidence’ that Home Office is being compassionate when handling cases
Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2022 Change or risk another Windrush scandal, Home Office is warned The Home Office is at risk of another Windrush type scandal because of its “disappointing” progress in implementing key reforms to change its culture, the author of an official inquiry has warned.
The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022 More progress needed if Home Office is to learn from Windrush scandal – report The findings come two years after a critical review by Wendy Williams concluded the scandal was ‘foreseeable and avoidable’.
The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022 Changes needed so Windrush payout scheme is ‘efficient and effective’ – report Martin Levermore, the Government’s independent adviser on Windrush, acknowledged there had been criticism of the scheme.