3 hours ago Labour MP labels Keir Starmer’s reparations refusal 'embarrassing colonial mindset'

Calls grow louder for reparations as Keir Starmer meets with Commonwealth leaders at a summit in Samoa after King Charles was confronted in Australia over Britain's role in colonialism

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8 hours ago No 10 says Starmer won’t offer reparations or apology over Britain’s role in slavery at Commonwealth summit – UK politics live

Government opposed to idea of paying reparations for Britain’s historic role in slave trade and will not issue apology at Commonwealth meetingIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has discovered another weird budget ritual. On his Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast, he says:Someone messaged me to say: ‘Did you know that over in the Treasury as they’ve been going over all these spending settlements, in one of the offices, its full of balloons. And every time an indivi...

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8 hours ago Keir Starmer WON'T apologise for Britain's role in the slave trade at Commonwealth summit and reparations 'not on the agenda', says No10

The Prime Minister is this week heading to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, where he will be joined by King Charles .

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8 hours ago Charles to face climate protests and calls for reparations at Commonwealth summit

Britain faces demands for £200 billion in slavery and £6.2 trillion in climate reparations by 2050

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11 hours ago Contender for next Commonwealth chief warns Britain owes India 'more money than it has' as Keir Starmer braces for reparations row at Samoa summit

Joshua Setipa, former trade minister for Lesotho, insisted the Commonwealth should address the impact of the slave trade and colonialism.

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17 hours ago Keir Starmer flies to Samoa to answer tricky questions from Commonwealth allies

Slavery reparations and Britain’s shrinking aid budget are up for debate at annual Commonwealth summit this week

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