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Richard Wheeler

Minister says UK ‘does not pay reparations’ amid Commonwealth calls for talks

Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) - (PA Archive)

Britain “does not pay reparations”, a minister has said amid calls from Commonwealth leaders for talks in light of the UK’s historical involvement in the slave trade.

Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds was pressed by MPs about the Government’s stance after the UK failed to keep language on reparations out of a joint statement signed by attending nations at a major Commonwealth summit.

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