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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tobi Thomas

Black Britons and MPs condemn ‘cruel’ plan to dump Windrush pledges

National Windrush Monument, Waterloo
The National Windrush Monument, Waterloo station, London. The home secretary has dropped plans to create a migrants’ commissioner and to increase the powers of the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration. Photograph: Javier García/Rex/Shutterstock

The government has been criticised by several public figures after the news of the home secretary’s plans to abandon several key commitments made after the Windrush scandal in the run-up to the 75th anniversary of the ship’s arrival in the UK.

On Friday, the Guardian reported that Suella Braverman was planning to abandon several of the key commitments made since the Windrush scandal, including dropping the pledge to create a migrants’ commissioner and a U-turn on the promise to increase the powers of the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration.

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