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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
John Collingridge

Lobbying, lawyers and a media blitz: the fight to kill the Church of England’s £100m slavery compensation fund

Collage of Nigel Biggar, a cross, Archbishop Sarah Mullally with clergy, and an enslaved family in a cotton field
Lord Biggar has led the backlash against the Church of England’s slavery compensation fund. Composite: Guardian

“This is virtue signalling,” said Nigel Biggar. “These are elites who are trying to demonstrate that they are being progressive.”

The target of his scorn was one that has obsessed him for years: the movement to pay reparations for the slave trade, and specifically the Church of England’s plan to spend £100m atoning for its involvement.

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