Skip to main content
NEU job advert
Windrush deaths bring ‘shame’ on Theresa May and Tories

THE deaths of three British citizens who were wrongly deported to the Caribbean bring “shame” on the hostile environment’s “architect” Theresa May and her government, Labour said yesterday.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott called on the Prime Minister to “personally apologise” for “the latest tragic injustice suffered by our fellow citizens as a direct result of the Tories’ hostile environment.”

The three British citizens who died were among several priority cases identified by the government in a belated attempt to “right the wrongs” of the Windrush scandal.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
WAR ON CLAIMANTS: Liz Kendall outside the Department of Work and Pensions, March 2025
Features / 20 May 2025
20 May 2025

While claiming to target fraud, Labour’s snooping Bill strips benefit recipients of privacy rights and presumption of innocence, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning that algorithms with up to 25 per cent error rates could wrongfully investigate and harass millions of vulnerable people