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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Government urged to ‘pay victims’ as Britain marks Windrush 75th anniversary

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The 75th anniversary of the Windrush generation who helped rebuild post-war Britain will be marked later this year as a “diamond jubilee for modern, diverse Britain”, campaigners have said.

However, activists, including Labour MP David Lammy, have called for the victims of the Windrush scandal to be compensated for financial and emotional distress they experienced at the hands of the Home Office.

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