#Justice4Windrush campaign

I’m very proud to be a part of the #Justice4Windrush campaign together with the Windrush Scandal victims, campaigners and artists including

Lady Doreen Lawrence, television presenter Jay Blades, and actors Colin McFarlane and Adrian Lester have joined musicians AJ Tracey and Annie Lennox to call on the government to remove the compensation scheme from the Home Office’s control and hand it to an independent organisation.

In an open letter to the prime minister and the leader of the Labour party, the new organisation Justice4Windrush notes that more than 40 claimants have died before receiving compensation, and requests that officials lower the burden of documentary proof that individuals are required to submit before being classified as eligible for payments. The campaign group is also calling for legal aid to be granted to those who are hoping to make claims against the Home Office.

Just like the Post Office scandal we’re using the arts to highlight the victim’s suffering to speed up the compensation process and justice.

Watch the powerful campaign video here

Visit here to support the campaign and sign the open letter - together we can change history and see justice done.

Read the article in The Guardian here