Starmer Rules out Financial Reparations for Slave Trade

Published on October 25, 2024

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out calls for the UK to pay reparations to Commonwealth countries for its historical role in the slave trade, saying that today’s nations should not live “in the shadow of the past,” but rather they should learn from it. Speaking at an executive session of the Commonwealth summit in Samoa, the prime minister said that he understood the “strength of feeling” about reparations, and that it was important to acknowledge a “hard” shared history. Flanked by leaders from Uganda and Tanzania, Starmer committed to hosting a UK-Caribbean forum with leaders of the nations most impacted by the legacy of slavery....

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