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The Windrush Scandal and Ministerial Responsibility

Geoff Riley

17th April 2018

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What might the political furore over the Windrush Generation tell us about the conventions of Ministerial Responsibility. David Lammy doesn't hold back here.

It is an absolute disgrace that the Home Office has destroyed these documents and then forced Windrush-generation migrants to try and prove their status, threatening them with deportation and stripping them of their rights. Shame on you all. #Windrush https://t.co/ccIFryoLXB
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) April 17, 2018

My parents came here as citizens, now the #windrush generation are suffering inhumane treatment at the hands of the Home Office.

If you lay down with dogs, you get fleas!

This is a day of national shame: the PM and Home Sec must apologise! pic.twitter.com/gxqoSErU3o
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) April 16, 2018

The Windrush Scandal and Ministerial Responsibility

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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