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May and Rudd should resign over the Windrush scandal, delegates hear
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THE PRIME MINISTER and the Home Secretary should both resign over the national disgrace of the Windrush scandal, the CWU conference heard today.

Delegates at the communication workers’ annual conference unanimously passed an emergency motion calling on its executive to lobby the government to explain how it will “address the detriment” its disgraceful treatment of British citizens from Commonwealth countries has caused.

Ian Taylor, introducing the motion, said: “This is not an insignificant happening in this country.”

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