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Evening Standard
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Rosie Shead

Windrush scheme failings ’caused woman to miss time with mother before death’

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman called for improvements to the Windrush compensation scheme (John Sibley/PA) - (PA Archive)

A daughter has told how failings in the Windrush compensation scheme led to her missing “precious time” with her cancer-stricken mother who later died before the family’s claim was settled.

On Thursday, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) called for improvements to the scheme, which was set up by the Home Office in response to the Windrush scandal, after it failed to provide proper compensation to the family.

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