Emotional David Lammy calls for Windrush generation promises to become law
Promises made to people caught up in the Windrush scandal must be guaranteed in law as a matter of urgency, David Lammy has said in an impassioned speech to MPs.
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Amber Rudd resigns as Home Secretary amid accusations she misled MPs
Amber Rudd has resigned as Home Secretary amid claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants. Ms Rudd telephoned Theresa May to tell her of the decision amid
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Health chiefs warn immigration rules are worsening NHS staffing pressures
Immigration rules are worsening NHS staffing pressures by preventing doctors from overseas coming to Britain to work, health chiefs have warned. Limits on the number of visas issued to doctors
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Secret Home Office memo leaves Amber Rudd facing new questions over immigration removals
Home Secretary Amber Rudd is facing fresh questions over her claim not to have known about immigration removal targets following the leak of a memo suggesting she was informed by
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Pressure mounts on Amber Rudd over Home Office targets for removal of immigrants
A 2015 report says the Home Office set targets for voluntary departures of people who could not lawfully stay in the UK, it has emerged. A powerful Commons committee investigating
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Windrush cancer patient facing deportation to be granted indefinite leave to remain
A cancer patient caught up in the Windrush scandal will be granted indefinite leave to remain, Labour MP Chuka Umunna has revealed. But he described the man’s treatment by the
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Jeremy Corbyn calls on Amber Rudd to resign over Windrush scandal policies
Jeremy Corbyn has called on Home Secretary Amber Rudd to resign over the Windrush scandal, claiming she had inherited a “failing policy” and made it “worse”. The Labour leader said
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Government waive Windrush citizenship fees as scandal branded ‘matter of national shame’
Thousands of people who arrived in Britain from the Commonwealth will be offered UK citizenship for free under emergency plans to tackle the Windrush scandal. As well as waiving fees
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Fresh anger over Windrush scandal as more heartbreaking cases emerge
The Home Office is facing fresh anger over the Windrush scandal after “heartbreaking” new cases emerged. Labour MP David Lammy, a prominent figure in exposing the fiasco, reported that his
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Some Ministers saw immigration policy ‘almost reminiscent of Nazi Germany’
The “hostile environment” policy brought in against illegal immigrants when Theresa May was home secretary was seen as “almost reminiscent of Nazi Germany” by some in government, the former head
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