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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
May Bulman

‘Like going back in time’: Windrush victim told to send selfies to DWP or lose universal credit

Glenda Caesar

A Windrush scandal victim has been told she will be stripped of her welfare benefits unless she sends the government photographs of herself to prove she lives in the UK.

Glenda Caesar, 61, one of thousands of Commonwealth nationals who were wrongly labelled as illegal immigrants for years, has said she feels let down after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) questioned whether she was British, and proceeded to suspend her universal credit payments.

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