Call from head of Caribbean reparations body comes as Bahamas foreign minister claims UK PM will change his position
UK politics live – latest updates
Britain has a legal and moral case to answer over its historical role in slavery, the chair of the Caribbean’s slavery reparation commission has said, as Keir Starmer continues to reject calls to put the issue on the agenda at the Commonwealth summit.
Responding to the British prime minister’s insistence to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless discussions about reparations on the past” when he meets 55 other country leaders on Friday, the distinguished Caribbean historian Sir Hilary Beckles, who chairs the Caribbean governments’ reparations body, articulated the region’s call to the British government and institutions to “engage in a compassionate, intergenerational strategy to support postcolonial reconstruction”.
More Stories
Intel wins lengthy EU legal battle over £880m competition fine
Putin calls for alternative international payment system at Brics summit
‘It’s a big lever for change’: the radical contract protecting Hamburg’s green space