Simon Murray, the official tasked with overseeing the programme, said he is concerned at the amount of people who have died before receiving anything

Victims of the Windrush scandal 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.

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 payments are made to people affected by it.

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