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The Windrush scandal shows why we need a change of direction
We need a full and open investigation into how the government could have treated so many people who had travelled here legally with such cruelty, writes DIANE ABBOTT

THE Windrush generation scandal which has rocked the government has already obliged Prime Minister Theresa May to apologise and Amber Rudd to resign as home secretary.
Within this context, a recent written statement on immigration from the government represented a U-turn.
Only weeks before, when I called for a statutory instrument to guarantee the rights and status of the Windrush generation — all those who arrived here from the Commonwealth before 1973 — ministers said this was unnecessary.
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