{"id":8687,"date":"2026-11-04T11:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T11:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/slavery-reparations-not-feasible-for-uk-foreign-minister\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T11:15:46","slug":"slavery-reparations-not-feasible-for-uk-foreign-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/slavery-reparations-not-feasible-for-uk-foreign-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Slavery reparations \u2018not feasible\u2019 for UK \u2013 Foreign minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Slavery<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said it was \u201cnot feasible\u201d for the country to pay reparations for slavery, after King Charles III expressed remorse amid calls for a\u00a0formal apology and compensation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the right answer. It\u2019s not practical. It\u2019s not feasible for us, but there are things we can work on co-operatively,\u201d Miliband told the BBC in an interview aired Wednesday. He added that London would not \u201cshift our position on reparations\u201d.<\/p>\n

Miliband also hinted that Britain could issue a long-demanded formal apology for its role in the slave trade next year when it hosts a G20 leaders\u2019 summit.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the UK could reach that point by the meeting in Manchester next November, Miliband said: \u201cBroadly speaking, yes\u201d. But he insisted an apology would not pave the way for financial compensation.<\/p>\n

At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda, Prime Minister Andy Burnham\u00a0floated a \u201cdebt reset\u201d plan for the poorest Commonwealth countries that could alter interest rates on repayments.<\/p>\n

Burnham told reporters on Tuesday: \u201cI\u2019ve been very clear that we do not support reparations \u2026 but it\u2019s not the case that we don\u2019t support countries in the Commonwealth around development helping them with debt issues that they\u2019ve got\u201d.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s pivotal role in slavery has long strained relations with its former colonies. Burnham said he would have \u201cdifficult conversations\u201d to safeguard the Commonwealth\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

In a tense Commonwealth meeting in Samoa in 2024, countries backed talks over reparatory justice after Britain, then under Keir Starmer\u2019s leadership, tried to avoid addressing the issue.<\/p>\n

Burnham\u2019s change of tack has not gone down well at home, with opposition Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch and the right-wing press criticising his approach.<\/p>\n

King Charles went further than previous royals when he expressed his \u201chorror\u201d, but stopped short of apologising and stressed Britain\u2019s role in eventually abolishing slavery.<\/p>\n

The king opened the summit \u2014 part of a nine-day Caribbean tour \u2014 calling slavery a \u201cmonstrous injustice\u201d that \u201cstill casts a shadow over these islands and other members\u201d of the 56-nation group of mostly former British colonies.<\/p>\n

Charles and Queen Camilla are to end their Caribbean tour and depart from Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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