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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Will Durrant

No slave trade reparations, minister says, amid warning UK is ‘resented’ abroad

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Archive)

The UK will not pay reparations to nations affected by the transatlantic slave trade, a Foreign Office minister has said, after an MP warned the UK is “deeply resented” for its historical role.

Anneliese Dodds at the despatch box vowed to work with Caribbean governments on “the most pressuring challenges of today and the future, including security, growth and climate change”.

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