The Prime Minister has addressed calls for the UK to pay reparations for its part in the slave trade during a speech to Commonwealth leaders.
Sir Keir Starmer was speaking at an executive session of a Commonwealth summit in Samoa, where he said it was important to acknowledge a “hard” shared history and understood the “strength of feeling” about reparations.
In his speech, Starmer said he wanted to work with the nations “to make sure the future is not in the shadow of the past”, and promised to host a UK-Caribbean forum with leaders of the countries most impacted by slavery’s legacy.
However, the Labour leader insisted that reparations are not on the table for the Commonwealth summit, even as leaders from Caribbean and African member states have called for discussions on the issue. READ MORE: Driver seriously injured after row breaks out between him and another motorist The UK has conceded that the issue of reparations could be included in a document due to be signed off at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this week.
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