Voices of Windrush
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Launched in 2021, the Voices of Windrush Festival features discussions, ideas, arts, literature & learning. [email protected] https://t.co/FEt9GHpbpT
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Joined April 2022
Please join us for #VoWFest 2023, featuring 6 weeks of events and celebrations to mark #Windrush75 and to honour those who came to be known as the Windrush generation. #voicesofwindrush #pleaseshare Please click link for tickets: https://t.co/BjBhnCRWbI
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Today marks the 45th anniversary of the New Cross Fire (18 January 1981), in which 13 young Black people at a birthday party perished in a fire - a 14th, Anthony, took his own life 2 years later reportedly due to psychological trauma. I returned to live in the UK the November
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Every immigration minister & Home Secretary, since Amber Rudd, has promised to right the wrongs flowing from the Windrush Scandal which came into the public domain late 2017. Here we go again in 2026, more than 8 years on ...! Faster decisions and resolution of the outstanding
The Home Office Windrush scandal was a shameful injustice. From today, reforms come into force to deliver faster, fairer compensation for those harmed through no fault of their own. I am determined to right past wrongs and I urge eligible people to submit a claim today.
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If the Home Office's Windrush Team are going to speed things up (and they've said this several times over several years - the scandal came to light in 2018) and deal with the issues that have long plagued the scheme, including occupational pensions and contributions for state
I welcome changes to the Windrush compensation scheme but we must not forget how poor and badly run this scheme is, the average award is 35k and 60% of claims are refused. Justice will be an independent scheme and an inquiry!
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The Windrush Compensation Scheme is exhausting, years stuck in a scandal caused by the Home Office, to then get stuck in a hostile compensation scheme (run by the Home Office) which is offering nothing or very little is not justice.
Windrush victim ‘hospitalised’ over stress of compensation battle with Home Office https://t.co/EOugwG2PMy
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PM Keir Starmer seems unable to say whether kidnapping a country's president & his wife, invading a sovereign country, bombing civilians, killing fishermen in boats, & declaring that a foreign government will take over the running of a state, is a violation of international law.
The situation in Venezuela is fast moving, we will establish all the facts and speak to allies. Our embassy in Caracas is working to ensure all British nationals in Venezuela are supported.
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#AfricanOdysseys #Film Screening (with guests): THE BLACK PEOPLE'S DAY OF ACTION Saturday 28 February 2026 2.30pm - 5.30pm University of London (Malet Street) Email: info@blackhistorywalks.co.uk Tickets https://t.co/g6PxCtAU31
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✨ Happy New Year✨ Grab your copy of the January 2026 issue of The Voice Newspaper 📰 Inside this month’s issue: ▶ £100m Windrush-linked money unclaimed – Families urged to check old paperwork as millions in unclaimed Premium Bonds remain untouched. Report by @S_Fleary1 ▶
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The Windrush scandal continues with the compensation scheme
@FeelDaLove25 @ctobierre And that's in Hackney whose council left an elderly & ailing Windrush victim who'd returned to the UK, to struggle in rat infested accommodation without proper cooking facilities - emails went unanswered. He's got better accommodation now but still struggling to get
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We go into 2026 with the same hostile compensation scheme, run by the department that caused the windrush scandal. We still have no inquiry, no legal support and over 60% of victims are refused compensation.
The Windrush compensation scheme should never have been in the hands of the Home Office, which was responsible for implementing the policy. It should now urgently be placed in the hands of an independent body. https://t.co/h783VwbJ11
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#AskProfGusJohn I was very sad yesterday when I received news of Dr. Aggrey's passing. In solidarity and strength! #Dr_Aggrey_Burke Download https://t.co/ptpZizocyR
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Dr Aggrey Burke FRCPsych, a renowned psychiatrist and academic, and someone I was pleased to call a friend, has died at the age of 82 - he was the UK's first Black consultant psychiatrist. Dr Burke specialised in examining the impact racism and deprivation had on mental health,
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This is my friend's uncle. Please keep an eye out for him if you are in Haringey, Enfield or surrounding areas. If you see him, please ring the number on the poster, or the emergency services, or let me know. Thank you. #MissingPersonAlert
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Windrush daughter Jeanell Hippolyte has told ITV London she feels like her "voice has finally been heard" after the Court of Appeal ruled that the Home Office must reconsider her application to stay in the UK. Leigh Day's Freya Danby represents. https://t.co/cApPG8pogT
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Watch the latest from ITV News - The High Court has now ordered the Home Office to reconsider Jeanell's case - she's hoping it is now the beginning of the end.
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My piece for the December issue of the Voice Newspaper on the importance of long term Diaspora relief programmes in light of Hurricane Melissa and other disasters. Details of how to obtain this issue, or subscribe, here: https://t.co/7JT9yd2S88 Voice Newspaper
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Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
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Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
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The Court of Appeal has ruled that the High Court erred in law in an important Windrush case when it failed to exercise discretion. The Home Office must now reconsider its decision to refuse leave to our client under the Windrush Scheme. In its judgment, the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has ruled the case of Windrush daughter Jeanell Hippolyte must be reconsidered after the Home Office rejected her application to stay in the UK because she did not fit its strict eligibility criteria. Jeanell is represented by human rights lawyer Freya
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Let’s have a level playing field on publicising the ethnicity of suspects | Letter. Letter in today's Guardian by Martin Forde KC. https://t.co/OMM0CTP7Dd
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Letter: The selective reporting of ethnicity creates the impression that a disproportionate amount of crime is committed by ethnic minorities, writes Martin Forde KC
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UK lawyers warn of ‘race to the bottom’ after Tory MP issues deportation threat. “We are in really, really dangerous times where anti-immigrant fervour is being seen as a legitimate policy orientation for most political parties,” https://t.co/AHEIGOnLsN
#Immigration #Racism
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Top lawyers call for change in rhetoric that has left minority ethnic Britons fearful as politicians target migrants
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My piece for the November issue of the Voice Newspaper on the limitations and distortions of Black History Month. Details of how to obtain this issue or subscribe, in the post below. #BlackHistoryMonth
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✨ Out Today! ✨ The November Issue of The Voice Newspaper 📰 ▶Birmingham Teenager Layla Warren’s life-saving act has inspired pride and shown that our young people are powerful forces for good ▶ Hurricane Melissa Relief Appeal: The JN group launches the “I Support Jamaica”
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