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Home Office paid out £70m in compensation and legal costs last year

Exclusive: £25.1m was handed out to Windrush scandal victims and £12.7m to people wrongfully detained in immigration centres

The Home Office has been accused of wasting taxpayers’ money after paying out £70m in compensation and associated legal costs, official figures show.

Departmental accounts for 2021-22 show that a total of £41.1m was handed out in compensation, which includes £25.1m to 768 victims of the Windrush scandal and £12.7m to 572 people who were wrongfully detained in immigration centres.

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