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August in England review – Lenny Henry’s remarkable one-man show about the Windrush scandal

The actor makes his debut as a playwright with a richly detailed character study, performing with warm humour and outrage at injustice

The Guardian - UK

August in England at the Bush review: Lenny Henry’s Windrush play is passionate, funny and hugely affecting

Henry can confidently add ‘playwright’ to his already polymathic CV

Evening Standard

Metal mammoth and fountain up for Turner Prize

Londoner who built a fountain pouring water into a gallery and a woman who painted huge portraits of people affected by the Windrush scandal are among shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize

Evening Standard

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Turner prize: pandemic problems and Windrush scandal among shortlist

The work of artists Jesse Darling, Ghislaine Leung, Rory Pilgrim and Barbara Walker will be exhibited at Towner Eastbourne before winner is announced in December

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak should meet Windrush victims after report slammed payouts, RAF veteran says

Campaigners are calling on the PM to meet with victims after a report found the compensation scheme was “designed to fail those who were supposed to benefit”

Daily Mirror

Windrush playlist featuring Winifred Atwell and Stormzy launches on Spotify

Pianist Atwell’s hit Let’s Have Another Party appears in the playlist to celebrate this year’s 75th anniversary of the Windrush arriving in Britain

Daily Mirror

Message to Suella Braverman: you are betraying the Windrush scandal survivors, but we will defend them

A new report says the UK’s compensation scheme is ‘hostile’. When will ministers live up to their responsibilities, asks Dr Wanda Wyporska of the Black Equity Organisation

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Home Office’s Windrush payout scheme needs urgent reform, study finds

Human Rights Watch says claimants’ rights are being violated, with high obstacles to making claims and low awards

The Guardian - UK

Calls to ‘strip’ Home Office of Windrush compensation administration

A report from a humans rights organisation said the administration of the compensation scheme should be handed to an independent body.

The Independent UK

Home Office course tells immigration staff to show more empathy

Exclusive: Post-Windrush training module urges caseworkers to call asylum seekers ‘customers’

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a blocked gate I can’t climb over’: a Windrush victim’s DWP impasse

After 13 years of being shut out of the workplace due to documentation problems, Joseph Mowlah-Baksh was denied benefits – and left unaware of assistance programmes

The Guardian - UK

People suspected of living illegally in UK to have bank accounts closed

Reinstatement of controversial hostile environment policy comes as Windrush campaigners protest government’s axing of key reforms

The Guardian - UK

Windrush legal action started over Suella Braverman's 'broken promises'

The Black Equity Organisation has sent legal papers to the Home Secretary on the fifth anniversary of the horrendous failings - which saw British citizens deported and denied access to healthcare - coming to light

Daily Mirror

Windrush campaigners call decision to drop recommendations ‘a slap in the face’

A petition is urging Suella Braverman to U-turn on her intention to scrap three recommendations from the Windrush Lessons Learned Review.

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UK criticized for failures in Windrush immigration scandal

A civil rights group is urging U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to follow through on promises made to thousands of people of Caribbean descent who were wrongly targeted as illegal migrants in the so-called Windrush scandal

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman facing legal action over broken Windrush pledges

Suella Braverman rowed back on recommendations made following a scathing review into how the Windrush scandal unfolded

The Guardian - UK

Civil rights group launches legal action over ‘shattered’ Windrush promises

Black Equity Organisation seeks judicial review over Suella Braverman’s decision to drop three reform commitments

The Independent UK

Government must stick to its promises in wake of Windrush scandal, PM told

The scandal saw British citizens, mostly from the Caribbean, wrongly detained, deported or threatened with deportation.

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‘A legacy of contribution’: photo series pays tribute to Windrush generation

Exclusive: Britain Called and We Answered project speaks to members of community for 75th anniversary

Evening Standard

Theresa May says she will address the Windrush scandal in her new book

Windrush was not mentioned when the book was announced earlier this week

The Independent UK

Lack of consultation over new migrant Bill shows arrogance, minister told

The Government was accused of ‘rewriting’ refugee and modern slavery laws during a session of the Home Affairs Committee.

The Independent UK

Windrush victim brings compensation fight with Home Office to the High Court

In July 2005, he visited his youngest son in Jamaica but was refused re-entry to the UK three years later.

The Independent UK

Beverley Knight calls Suella Braverman a ‘risible character’ after ‘disgusting’ Windrush reform reversal

Singer and actor expressed her disgust at recent governemental decisions about Windrush reform

The Independent UK

Home Office admits hostile environment policies ‘disproportionately’ affect Black and Asian people

A charity campaigning for the rights of immigrants branded the conclusion a ‘watershed moment’

The Independent UK

Hostile environment policy review finds disproportionate impact on people of colour

A previous review of the department’s handling of the Windrush scandal recommended a full review of the policy, now known as compliant environment.

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