Home Office passport and visa chief Mark Thomson set to resign

Exclusive: Director general heading up sections at centre of Windrush scandal to step down next March. The head of two of the Home Office sections at the centre of the Windrush scandal has told staff he will be stepping down next year. Mark Thomson, the director general of HM Passport Office (HMPO) and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), will be replaced in March and then take on a number of advisory roles and non-executive directorships. Both departments will have key roles issuing passports and v