More than half of Windrush compensation claims rejected by Home Office, report finds
Friday, April 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM · By Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent
Data shows only a third of concluded claims in scheme for those wrongly classed as illegal migrants resulted in pay outs The Home Office has refused to pay compensation for more than half the claims made by victims of the Windrush scandal, new analysis by the UK’s public spending watchdog has shown. The National Audit Office’s (NAO) “government’s compensation and financial recognition schemes report” found that by January 2026, 11,475 claims had been received to the scheme. It was set up in 201…