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Simon Murray, official overseeing programme, said he is concerned at the number of people who have died before receiving anything Victims of the Windrush scandal have expressed frustration at the slow progress of the compensation scheme at the first national conference of a coalition of grassroots organisations fighting for justice for those affected. The newly appointed Home Office minister Simon Murray stressed that improvements have been made to the compensation scheme for the Windrush scandal, which saw thousands of British people wrongly classified as illegal immigrants. However, he acknowledged that there was more work to be done to ensure swift…

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Exclusive: Inflation, energy prices and Liz Truss’ mini-budget are contributing factors to cuts local leaders described as unprecedented Libraries and children’s centres are closing and home pick-ups for young disabled people being cancelled as councils try to meet a £3.2bn budget shortfall next year. With inflation and energy prices eating into budgets, local authorities across the UK are facing a record black hole that is unlikely to be plugged by central governmentas the Treasury is seeking to squeeze spending to make up for a £30-50bn shortfall in the public finances. Continue reading… ​Exclusive: Inflation, energy prices and Liz Truss’ mini-budget…

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Normunds Freibergs, Jacobus Stankevicius and Ruta Stankeviciene took man’s passport and stole estimated £10,000 in wages Two men have been jailed and a woman given a suspended sentence for “enslaving a man to line their own pockets”. Normunds Freibergs, 40, and his accomplices Jacobus Stankevicius, 59, and Ruta Stankeviciene, 57, exploited and abused the vulnerable victim, whom they forced to work to pay off debt they claimed he owed them. Continue reading… ​Normunds Freibergs, Jacobus Stankevicius and Ruta Stankeviciene took man’s passport and stole estimated £10,000 in wagesTwo men have been jailed and a woman given a suspended sentence for…

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