Sunday shows round-up: Emily Thornberry – ‘I really think Amber Rudd should quit’

The Shadow Foreign Secretary has called for the Home Secretary to resign over the Windrush debacle that has been dominating the newspaper headlines over the past week. The government has u-turned and apologised after threatening to deport Caribbean migrants who could not provide proof of their decades of residence in the UK, with some of those affected having been refused jobs and access to healthcare as a result. To add insult to injury, it was revealed that the Home Office had destroyed the landing cards for immigrants who arrived aboard HMT Empire Windrush, thereby removing a vital source of documentation. The government has since said that it will provide compensation ‘where appropriate’. However, Thornberry told Nick Robinson (who was standing in for Andrew Marr) that the government’s response didn’t go far enough:

"I really think she should quit" – Labour's Emily Thornberry calls for Home Secretary Amber Rudd to resign over #Windrush