‘Woeful’ compensation scheme for Windrush scandal must move faster, say campaigners
The “woeful” compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal must move faster amid “unacceptable” delays in payouts, according to a campaign backed by Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Annie Lennox.
The Justice4Windrush campaign is demanding “full and swift compensation” for victims, as the five-year anniversary of the scheme being launched in April 2019 approaches.
The scandal, which emerged in 2018, saw many British citizens, mostly from the Caribbean, denied access to healthcare and benefits and threatened with deportation despite having the right
