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21 May 2021

Windrush: Victims still face long wait for compensation, watchdog says

Communities Editor

It’s a government-made scandal that left thousands of lives in tatters, but a new report by the National Audit Office has found that the Home Office is failing to compensate Windrush victims quickly enough.

The scheme was launched more than two years ago, but so far only 633 people out of a possible 15,000 potential applicants have received any money.