Reparations have never been paid to those who were enslaved or their descendants and this is why campaigners’ demands for it ...

Downing Street insists a discussion about the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries.

Dawn Butler said she understood why Sir Keir Starmer is pushing to focus on the future but the ‘wrong people’ had previously ...

A 2023 report co-authored by a United Nations judge, Patrick Robinson, concluded that the UK likely owed more than £18 ...

“It's an established practice but has now sadly become a culture war issue.” Slavery was abolished in the UK in 1833 with the ...

A British heritage organisation has launched a project to tell the forgotten story of 19th century Black American ...

The issue of reparations for slavery could be included in a document due to be signed off at the Commonwealth Heads of ...

That’s seven times the size of the UK economy. British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade spanned three centuries, until it was abolished in 1807, with a ban on enslaved labor in its ...

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the concept of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery "is not ...

They’re wanting to think about the future.” Describing slavery as “horrific and horrendous in many, many ways”, he said scars had been left and the UK Government had apologised for the country’s role ...

Commonwealth leaders from 56 countries announced on Saturday that they will discuss demands for reparations from the UK for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. The schedule for the meeting ...

A 2023 report co-authored by a United Nations judge, Patrick Robinson, concluded that the UK likely owed more than £18 trillion (or 21 trillion euros) for its involvement in slavery in 14 countries.