Keir Starmer calls on leaders to shake off 'shadow of the past' amid reparations row
Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged Commonwealth leaders to focus on 'looking forwards, not back' amid growing calls for financial compensation for slavery and Britain's colonial past
King Charles and Keir Starmer brace for reparations debate at Commonwealth summit
Britain’s government and King Charles III are bracing for a heated conversation about reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, as the issue looks set to overshadow a summit of Commonwealth leaders in Samoa.
Keir Starmer rejects calls for reparations ahead of crunch Commonwealth summit
Sir Keir Starmer has rejected calls for reparations by insisting the UK is “looking forward rather than looking backwards”. The Prime Minister will make history tomorrow when he becomes the first UK leader to visit a Pacific Island nation. He attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa alongside The King.
Black MPs tell Keir Starmer considering reparations for slavery is 'right thing to do'
Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure to confront the topic as Commonwealth leaders are set to defy him and agree plans to discuss reparations at a major summit
Starmer says slavery reparations 'not on the agenda' ahead of Commonwealth summit
Sir Keir Starmer has stared down calls for the United Kingdom to pay reparations for its historical involvement in the slave trade, insisting the Commonwealth should instead be "facing forward" together.
Keir Starmer blasted for 'losing the plot' in bonkers slavery reparations row
Robert Jenrick has piled in on the row after a Whitehall source suggested the PM could sign up to a pro-reparations communique.
Keir Starmer sparks Labour storm over slavery reparations
Sir Keir Starmer has sparked a row at the heart of the Labour Party after senior figures urged him to rethink his decision to rule out reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade. The prime minister flew into a diplomatic storm with Caribbean leaders over the issue at a summit in Samoa – and drew condemnation from his own MPs back in Britain.
Anthony Albanese meets Keir Starmer at Commonwealth meeting in Samoa
Anthony Albanese has met British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for bilateral talks in Samoa at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – building on a successful Australian tour of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations
Downing Street insists a discussion about the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries.
Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery reparations, climate change
The leaders of the Commonwealth group of nations will meet at a welcome banquet in Samoa in the South Pacific on Thursday, with climate change and reparations for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade on the agenda of summit discussions.
Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation: BBC
Commonwealth heads of government are to push for a "conversation" on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade when they meet for the association's first summit in two years, the BBC
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Politics latest: 'A lack of apology speaks to an absolute lack of respect': Labour MP criticises Starmer over stance on reparations
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King Charles acknowledges 'painful' slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
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