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Politics● Low6d ago · Nov 1, 2026, 7:50 PM

UK was ‘vehement’ slavery reparations should not be on Commonwealth summit agenda

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British prime minister has now agreed to structured dialogue on reparatory justice but issue remains off formal Chogm agenda British officials reportedly insisted that discussions of reparations for slavery should not be on the agenda of the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Antigua and Barbuda – and even warned that Andy Burnham would not attend the meeting if the subject was formally included, according to a leading Caribbean political figure.Ralph Gonsalves, a former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and a senior figure in the reparatory justice movement Repair Campaign, welcome

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