It’s been a time of both celebration and reflection on the 75^th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks last month. The 492 Caribbean migrants who disembarked in London on that day arrived in a country ravaged by war and experiencing a prolonged period of austerity.

The contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants has been invaluable to the UK.

From helping to tackle those immediate post-war challenges to building the society we now live in 75 years after their arrival, Britain is a more vibrant and prosperous place for their contribution, and we are eternally grateful to them.