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The UK’s King Charles III delivers a speech during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Apia, Samoa. (AP pic) APIA: King Charles said on Friday the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for the UK’s role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of 56 […]
Keir Starmer was accused of “losing the plot” yesterday as the Commonwealth row about a multi-trillion programme of slavery reparations reached boiling point. The Prime Minister’s trip to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa has been engulfed in a row about Britain’s obligation to hand over billions in cash to make up […]
PA Media Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said this week he wants to discuss current challenges with Commonwealth leaders, especially climate change, rather than the past Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned. Downing Street […]
Starmer under pressure to accept case for slavery reparations, as Commonwealth minister claims UK will eventually agree Keir Starmer has been told by Commonwealth leaders he must come to the table to discuss reparations for the “ill effects” of slavery, PA Media reports. Commonwealth nations are looking at an agreement that could begin conversations on […]
The issue is not on Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Commonwealth summit agenda, according to his spokesperson Britain will not raise the issue of reparations transatlantic slavery at a meeting of Commonwealth nations this week, according to a Reuters report on Monday. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) kicked off in Samoa on Monday. It […]