Priti Patel promises ‘compassionate’ Home Office after Windrush scandal

Home secretary lays out five-point plan to implement recommendations of independent review

Priti Patel has promised to revolutionise the culture of the Home Office in the wake of the Windrush scandal, pledging a more compassionate, “people first” approach to immigration to meet the recommendations of an independent review into UK government failures.

While Labour welcomed the home secretary’s response to Wendy Williams’ review of lessons learned from the scandal, it said the government lacked credibility on the issue, and queried the slow pace of compensation payments to those wrongly targeted for immigration enforcement.

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