Black Britons and MPs condemn ‘cruel’ plan to dump Windrush pledges

Ian Wright and MPs David Lammy, Yvette Cooper and Caroline Lucas criticise U-turn by Suella Braverman before 75th anniversary

The government has been criticised by several public figures after the news of the home secretary's plans to abandon several key commitments made after the Windrush scandal in the run-up to the 75th anniversary of the ship's arrival in the UK.

On Friday, the Guardian reported that Suella Braverman was planning to abandon several of the key commitments made since the Windrush scandal, including dropping the pledge to create a migrants' commissioner and a U-turn on the promise to increase the powers of the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration.