Actors, musicians and campaigners call for faster Windrush compensation

Some of the famous faces asking why the Home Office is failing to give the Windrush families the compensation they are entitled to in the video of an exclusive re-recording of Why? by Annie Lennox. Photograph: #Justice4Windrush campaign

Actors, musicians and campaigners have launched a new drive to put pressure on the Home Office to speed up its payment of compensation to people affected by the Windrush scandal.

Lady Doreen Lawrence, television presenter Jay Blades, and actors Colin McFarlane and Adrian Lester have joined musicians AJ Tracey and Annie Lennox to call on the government to remove the compensation scheme from the Home Office’s control and hand it to an independent organisation.