Commonwealth leaders vow to keep seeking reparations after Reform UK plan to halt visas

Zia Yusuf, Reform’s home affairs spokesperson, has said the UK was ‘not an ATM for ethnic grievances of the past’. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Commonwealth politicians say they will not back down from seeking reparations as UK public figures, including a former Reform insider, warn the rightwing party’s pledge to “punish” countries seeking justice for slavery would harm and isolate Britain.

This week, Reform UK said they would halt visas for nationals of countries formally demanding reparations from Britain if they took power.