Simon Murray was at a meeting about the slow rate of assistance five years after government apologised

A Home Office minister was heckled by people caught up the Windrush scandal during a heated meeting in Westminster called to draw attention to the slow progress in assisting those affected by the department’s mistakes.

Simon Murray said it was “painful” to hear accounts from people describing their difficulties receiving documentation and compensation, five years after the government first apologised.

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