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The Windrush affair spreads into several related sectors. Data protection:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/23/home-office-data-exemption-sparks-fears-of-renewed-windrush-scandals
On May and Rudd:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/22/government-aware-for-years-that-hostile-environment-hurt-windrush-generation
Voter ID:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/21/identity-checks-election-disenfranchise-ethnic-minorities
I think it's important to link these two things. The experience of the US shows what happens with voter ID.
Probably also privatisation, but I haven't been keeping track of which contractor is doing what there.
Obviously, nobody's resigning over it--only a few deaths and a couple of thousand lives made a misery, so nothing to see here.
One slightly brighter spot in the Tories, as usual, is Sayeeda Warsi:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/22/pressure-grows-on-theresa-may-and-amber-rudd-over-windrush-scandal