Time to ‘think about’ reparations for slave trade, says Doreen Lawrence

Baroness Doreen Lawrence said the Government should ‘think about’ reparations for the slave trade (Ian West/PA) - (PA Wire)

Britain should apologise and “think about” paying reparations for its historical involvement in the slave trade, the mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence has said.

Speaking in Parliament, Doreen Lawrence argued it was a contemporary issue given taxes had been used to help compensate slave owners up until 2015.