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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

Starmer: Commonwealth should focus on ‘here and now’, not on slavery reparations

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, photographed on Monday, October 21 (Jaimi Joy/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has stared down calls for the United Kingdom to pay reparations for its historical involvement in the slave trade, insisting the Commonwealth should instead be “facing forward” together.

Tackling issues like climate change is more pressing “here and now” to Commonwealth nations, the Prime Minister said.

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