Minister says UK apology over historic role in slave trade won’t lead to financial reparations – UK politics live
Ahead of a meeting with Commonwealth leaders, Andy Burnham wrote that Britain needed to ‘acknowledge its complicated history’ Badenoch is on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuennsberg show now, defending the Tory policy of scrapping inheritance tax on family homes, and saying that the Conservatives’ main offer to voters is on “fiscal responsibility” and “living within our means”. She says that the Tories have found £70bn in savings – the bulk which would be cut from welfare programmes. She also argu
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- ▪ UK PM Andy Burnham says he is ‘open’ to formal apology for slavery, but rejects reparations — New York Post
- ▪ Britain’s Prime Minister Says He’s Open to a Formal Apology for Slavery — NYT > Top Stories
- ▪ Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations — BBC News — UK
- ▪ Andy Burnham open to calls for formal apology for Britain’s role in slave trade — The Guardian — Politics
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