Miliband says slavery apology will not bring costs for UK taxpayer
Summary
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the UK can consider a formal apology for its role in the transatlantic slave trade without increasing costs for taxpayers. The government has ruled out reparations payments and is starting a structured dialogue with affected countries about an apology.Key Facts
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the UK will not pay reparations to affected countries.
- Miliband said the government should confront the history and consequences of slavery rather than ignore them.
- The government is beginning a structured dialogue with affected countries.
- An apology may come around the time the UK hosts the G20 summit in Manchester in November 2027.
- Miliband said more than three million people were shipped through the slave trade with the British state's complicity.
- In 2007, former Prime Minister Tony Blair described the UK's involvement in the slave trade as a matter of deep sorrow and regret.
- Miliband said the issue has been a source of tension within the Commonwealth for about 20 years.
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