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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Keir Starmer under fire from senior Labour MP over refusal to open talks on reparations

Labour MP and former shadow minister Bell Ribeiro-Addy has warned the “Commonwealth will crumble” if the government does not reopen talks on reparations for the slave trade.

It comes as the prime minister faces growing demands to rethink the UK’s position on the issue as he heads to Samoa for a major Commonwealth meeting.

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