They gave decades of service to this city, including to institutions like the NHS that we still depend on. So, when the Windrush scandal broke in 2018, it hit home with me, personally. People who have the absolute right to live in this country, who were often the offspring of the Windrush generation, were told they were here illegally. Cllr Mark Blake says Haringey Council has appointed a Windrush Champion (Image: Haringey Council)This is precisely why, at full council on July 20, we voted to appoint a new Windrush Champion. This is about dignity and respect, and making sure no one here is denied what they are owed simply because the system was too slow or too easy to ignore.