The UK government will not apologize over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade at next week’s Commonwealth heads of government (Chogm) summit in Samoa, Downing Street has said.
Downing Street said on Monday that the government would not be paying reparations for slavery. News that neither an apology nor reparations are on the agenda could put Keir Starmer, who will attend the gathering, on a collision course with other nations.
All three candidates to succeed Patricia Scotland as the Commonwealth secretary general have said they support reparations for countries affected by slavery and colonization.
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