THE government’s decision to drop recommendations made after an independent review into the Windrush scandal was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.

Solicitor Wendy Williams published her Windrush Lessons Learned Review in 2020 after British citizens mostly from the Caribbean were wrongly detained, deported or threatened with deportation despite having the right to live in Britain.

All 30 of her recommendations were accepted by then-home secretary Priti Patel but her successor Suella Braverman dropped three of the measures by January 2023.