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Breaking: Home Secretary blames Home Office

Oh dear. As the government goes into meltdown over whether or not Windrush immigrants have been accidentally deported or not, Amber Rudd has found herself in the firing line at the despatch box – with David Lammy tabling an urgent question.

However, the Home Secretary appears to have found a scapegoat… the Home Office:

‘I am concerned that the Home Office has become too concerned with policy and sometimes loses sight of individuals’

Should someone tell her?

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