Measures that hurt Windrush generation and led to home secretary’s demise still popular with public and politicians
Amber Rudd may have been forced to resign as home secretary but the policies behind the Windrush scandal remain.
The plight of some from the Windrush generation was highlighted by the Guardian on an almost weekly basis for six months before ministers took notice. Stories of healthcare being denied, and jobs and homes being lost were not given attention at the senior levels of government until two weeks ago.
Even when the scandal broke in earnest, Rudd made sure to offset concern for those affected with a determined defence of the government’s clampdown on people in the UK illegally, which the Windrush generation were not.
“Removing illegal migrants is what governments should be doing in order to protect the taxpayer and in order to make sure that no abuse takes place in the UK,” Rudd said in what turned out to be her last appearance before the House of Commons as home secretary.
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