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Patel insists Windrush compensation scheme has ‘fundamentally changed’
Last month the National Audit Office found that only a fraction of those who applied had received payments
Priti Patel

PRITI PATEL insisted today that the Windrush compensation scheme has “fundamentally changed” since December — despite recent analysis finding huge failings. 

The Home Secretary told the Commons today that changes to the scheme mean that victims of the scandal are receiving “more money, more quickly.” 

However, the Home Office was accused last month of a shameful failure of the victims of the Windrush scandal, after National Audit Office analysis found that only a fraction of those who applied had received payments. 

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