Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The leaders of the Commonwealth have agreed to consider reparations for the historic slave trade, despite the UK government’s attempts to ignore their demands leading up to the biennial gathering of the association. During the … Read more
Calls for the UK to offer reparations for its historical involvement in the slave trade have resurfaced ahead of a gathering of Commonwealth nations on Friday. Even though Sir Keir Starmer stated that reparatory justice would not be discussed, Commonwealth leaders have chosen to go against the prime minister’s wishes and are planning to engage … Read more
This week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer expressed his desire to engage in discussions with Commonwealth leaders regarding current challenges, particularly climate change, rather than focusing on the past. Despite Downing Street’s insistence that the issue of reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade is not on the agenda for the upcoming summit of 56 … Read more