
Windrush Commissioner Given Oversight but Cannot Overturn Home Office Decisions
The UK's first Windrush Commissioner has been given oversight of Windrush Schemes but no power to overturn Home Office decisions
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The UK's first Windrush Commissioner has been given oversight of Windrush Schemes but no power to overturn Home Office decisions

New Commons Library Briefing says Windrush Compensation Scheme causes confusion and trauma

Hostile Climate Deepening Harm to Young People from Ethnic Minority Communities, Warns Race Equality Campaigners

Part two of Melissa Sigodo’s powerful four-part Windrush series airs tonight, focusing on the devastating experiences of Hetticia (“Tricia”) and Vanderbilt (“Vaun”) McIntosh — and the lasting impact the Windrush scandal has had on their entire family.

Farage Invited, Jewish Green Leader Excluded: Downing Street Antisemitism Rally Sparks Backlash

A deadly Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has left a trail across three continents and the Caribbean

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has waded into the raging storm of the AI revolution with a provocation that sounds suspiciously like a classic bait-and-switch.

Across the UK, a growing body of evidence is exposing a stark reality: the Universal Credit sanctions regime is not simply a system of enforcement, but one that is pushing people into hunger, debt and deepening poverty.

Online commentator Bouncer has ignited a firestorm across social media, accusing the BBC of barefaced racism following reports that punk-grime duo Bob Vylan has been added to an internal "block list."

At the United Nations, a historic resolution was tabled to finally call the European Enslavement of African Peoples what it truly was: The gravest crime against humanity.

The UN General Assembly has formally recognised the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”, adopting a Ghana‑sponsored resolution that advocates say marks a historic step toward justice and repair.

The world pauses to remember Chuck Norris, a man whose name became synonymous with strength, discipline and an almost mythic resilience. Long before internet folklore turned him into a cultural phenomenon, he had already carved out a legacy grounded in real achievement.