Home Office breached equality law over Windrush scandal in 'shameful stain on history'

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The Home Office breached equality law over the Windrush scandal and "ignored" people who warned it was wrong, a damning report found today.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission found the government failed to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) under the Equality Act.

Yet the Tory government dismissed fears because it wanted to pursue a "hostile environment" against immigrants, the EHRC found.

Today's report declares: "When negative equality impacts were identified by the Home Office and stakeholders, they were repeatedly ignored, dismissed, or their severity disregarded at crucial points of policy development. "This happened particularly when they were seen as a barrier to implementing hostile environment policies in a