UK Parliament home

Open Expand Windrush Compensation to Descendants and Remove Unfair Proof Requirement

Created by Vanessa Naomi Hart
Closes on

The UK Government should expand the Windrush Compensation Scheme to provide automatic, standardised compensation to members of the Windrush generation who worked in the UK and to their children and grandchildren.

The UK Gov should expand the WC Scheme to provide automatic payments to documented claimants and their children and grandchildren. Many were underpaid, denied pensions, and lost opportunities, causing lasting harm.
The current scheme requires extensive proof, many records are missing, claimants are elderly or deceased, creating a barrier to justice. Automatic payments recognise intergenerational impact and restore fairness. This is not new spending—it is an “outstanding inv” for wage and pension

Sign this petition

12 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

Petition progress

View all updates for this petition, with the most recent first.

  • Petition published

    This petition can now be signed.

    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

    If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

    This petition will stay open until 29 November 2026.