Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparations

Keir Starmer sparks Labour storm over slavery reparations
Sir Keir Starmer has sparked a row at the heart of the Labour Party after senior figures urged him to rethink his decision to rule out reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade. The prime minister flew into a diplomatic storm with Caribbean leaders over the issue at a summit in Samoa – and drew condemnation from his own MPs back in Britain.
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Keir Starmer has faced renewed calls for Britain to pay slavery reparations which could far exceed £200 billion as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chgom) in Samoa gets underway.
Commonwealth leaders to defy Keir Starmer over slavery reparations
Commonwealth leaders are reportedly preparing to defy the UK and agree plans to examine reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. It comes despite Downing Street’s insistence that the issue of reparations is not on the agenda for this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (Chogm), which begins in Samoa on Friday.
Britain says slavery reparations not on its agenda at Commonwealth summit
Britain will not bring the issue of reparations for historical transatlantic slavery to the table at a meeting of Commonwealth nations that began in Samoa on Monday, but is open to engage with leaders who want to discuss it.
Reeves rejects calls for UK to make slavery reparations
The UK is "not going to be paying out" reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the BBC. She said she understood why Commonwealth leaders would be making such demands but it was not something the UK government would commit to.
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Downing Street insists a discussion about the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries.
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