Amelia Gentleman
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Amelia:
How anti-Ulez campaigners misused air pollution finding in Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah death
Three years after unprecedented inquest ruling, absence of other cases has left a gap for pollution sceptics to exploit → Read More
Mermaids v LGB Alliance: who was involved in tribunal case?
As judges rule trans children’s charity cannot challenge charitable status of gay rights organisation, we look at decision → Read More
Trans charity Mermaids fails to have charitable status stripped from LGB Alliance
Judges say law does not allow group to challenge charitable status of new organisation with opposing views → Read More
From the archive: A 975-day nightmare: how the Home Office forced a British citizen into destitution abroad – podcast
From 2021: Richard Amoah went to Ghana for his father’s funeral and found himself barred from Britain for two years. Like other victims of the Windrush scandal, he is owed compensation – but what will he get? → Read More
Dutch widower told to leave UK after Home Office visa mix-up
Scientist with young British daughter dismayed by accusatory tone of letter after officials’ error → Read More
UK urged to speed evacuation of hundreds of British children in Sudan
Merseyside charity worker whose children are stuck in Khartoum says Foreign Office delays have trapped many in conflict zone → Read More
‘I feel such indignation’: Windrush victims on the compensation process
People affected by the scandal talk about their struggles to get a payout from the Home Office → Read More
Windrush payouts remain elusive after four years of scheme
Critics express dismay as statistics reveal just a quarter of applicants have received compensation so far → Read More
Windrush generation: hundreds ‘sent back to Caribbean from UK hospitals’
Archives show about 400 long-term sick and mentally ill people were repatriated, according to BBC investigation → Read More
The children of Windrush: ‘They told us: you’re people of the world, that’s what matters, not skin colour’
On the 75th anniversary of the arrival of Empire Windrush, the children of its passengers tell of an enduring legacy → Read More
Unit tasked with reforming Home Office after Windrush scandal being disbanded
Exclusive: Staff say ‘there’s a lot still to do’ and worry decision signals ‘rolling back’ on promises of change → Read More
Modernisation creeps on as London gentlemen’s clubs open to women
Pratt’s is the latest establishment haunt to allow female members but others are still resistant to change → Read More
‘We knew a bad man had taken her’: the murder of Collette Gallacher – and her sisters’ fight for justice
After serving his sentence, Collette’s killer changed his name, making it very difficult to trace him. Her sisters Lauren and Claire describe the appalling toll of his crime and their campaign to ensure sex offenders can’t so easily assume a new identity → Read More
‘I was told it’s normal’: Afghan refugee who worked for UK sleeping rough in London
Mohammad Seddeqi’s plight highlights issue of Home Office evicting people from hotels to reduce costs → Read More
Home Office minister heckled by victims of Windrush scandal
Simon Murray was at a meeting about the slow rate of assistance five years after government apologised → Read More
Shake your Sugar Bum Bum! The return of the classic film capturing calypso’s riotous brilliance
It is seen as the joyous, rum-soaked music of the carnival, but it is so much more than that – as One Hand Don’t Clap shows. We talk to the film’s star, the astonishing Calypso Rose, still thrilling crowds → Read More
UK government ‘hackathon’ to search for ways to use AI to cut asylum backlog
Three-day quest for innovations to tackle waiting list of 138,052 attacked as ‘wasting time on nonsense ideas that will go nowhere’ → Read More
‘I’ll be reading a book’: Nottingham public indifferent to King Charles coronation
Council’s preparations are under way but excitement is muted and some say they are unlikely to watch → Read More
Home Office’s Windrush payout scheme needs urgent reform, study finds
Human Rights Watch says claimants’ rights are being violated, with high obstacles to making claims and low awards → Read More
Home Office course tells immigration staff to show more empathy
Exclusive: Post-Windrush training module urges caseworkers to call asylum seekers ‘customers’ → Read More