First Windrush Commissioner vows cultural change, accountability and action

CITY PASTOR SETS OUT PRIORITIES IN ROLE

- By AINE FOX & IAN JONES, PA

BRITAIN'S first Windrush Commissioner has pledged to act "without fear or favour" in a role which could see him make changes to the much-criticised compensation scheme.

The Rev Clive Foster, from Nottingham, is the first person to take up the role, fulfilling a promise by Labour in its manifesto to appoint a Windrush Commissioner.

The post was advertised earlier this year as a three-day week role with an annual salary of £130,000 and for a three-year term.

Mr Foster is a senior pastor at the Pilgrim Church, Nottingham, and is the son of parents who migrated to the UK from Jamaica in 1959.

A founder of the Nottingham Windrush Support Forum and vice-chair of the Windrush National Organisation, the Home Office said he brings both lived experience and professional expertise to the role.

He vowed to work constructively with government but to maintain independence in a role he hopes can bring "change that the Windrush generations can see and feel in their everyday lives".