Tag: Hilary Beckles

Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:33 UTC
PM Starmer, “paying reparations for slave trade, not in the Commonwealth agenda”

“Just to be clear, reparations are not on the agenda for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Technically, the (UK) Government's position on this has not changed. We do not pay reparations,” said Downing Street official spokesperson, when asked what PM Keir Starmer's view on paying reparations for Britain's involvement in the slave trade was.

PM Starmer, “paying reparations for slave trade, not in the Commonwealth agenda”