Windrush chief calls for urgent reform of payouts scheme

Exclusive: Rev Clive Foster tells minister it is ‘deeply concerning’ 66 people have died waiting for compensation

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The Windrush commissioner has demanded “urgent reform” of the compensation scheme after being told by survivors that “the Home Office is waiting for us to die off”.

In a letter seen by the Guardian addressed to migration and equalities minister, Seema Malhotra, and shared with home secretary Yvette Cooper, Rev Clive Foster says it is “deeply concerning” that 66 people have died while waiting for compensation for the Windrush scandal.