The topic of slavery reparations will not be on the agenda for next week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), and the UK has no plans to pay reparations, according to a statement from Downing Street.
This position may put Labour leader Keir Starmer, who will be attending the summit in Samoa, at odds with other nations. All three candidates vying to succeed Patricia Scotland as the Commonwealth Secretary General have voiced their support for reparations for countries affected by slavery and colonization.
