Windrush scandal still a stain on society, Floella Benjamin tells Lords event

Floella Benjamin, front, at the Lords event with (l-r) Deborah Trotman, Jamie Tobierre, Thomas Tobierre, Hetticia McIntosh, Charlotte Tobierre and Sean Trotman. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

The Windrush scandal remains “a stain on British society”, Floella Benjamin has said at an emotional House of Lords event where campaigners called for the government to commission a statutory inquiry into continuing Home Office errors.

Despite seven years of promises from ministers to rectify the mistakes caused by the Home Office scandal, Lady Benjamin said the injustices remained unresolved, with many of those affected still caught up in an ongoing nightmare.