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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

Windrush compensation scheme ‘to be scaled back due to low uptake’ – despite claimants struggling to apply

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The Home Office is poised to scale back its Windrush compensation scheme because it is not getting enough applicants – despite campaigners criticising it as too hard to access.

Simon Murray, a member of the House of Lords and the parliamentary under secretary of state for migration and borders, confirmed that projections for the number of victims now expected to get payments would be reduced because “significantly fewer claims than initially anticipated have been received”.

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