'Windrush scandal an utter disgrace'

Greater Manchester-born TV presenter's new book reveals harsh impact on his family of Tories' wrongful policy

- CHARLOTTE MCLAUGHLIN

CLIVE Myrie has spoken of how the Windrush scandal hit his family as he called the Home Office policy an "utter disgrace" The newsreader and Mastermind host, 59, has talked in an upcoming book Everything Is Everything: A Memoir Of Love, Hate & Hope, about how his two half-brothers were affected.

Born and raised in Bolton, Myrie grew up the son of Windrush generation parents from Jamaica.

He claimed in extracts, published in The Times, that one half-brother, Lionel, had been denied benefits and healthcare but was able to prove that he was in a school choir due to a pre-1971 Bolton Evening News photograph.

The BBC presenter said Lionel was still awaiting both compensation and a British passport.