Burnham open to formal apology for Britain’s slave trade but rejects reparations
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U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the Guardian he is open to a formal state apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and to structured dialogue with those affected, ahead of a Commonwealth summit starting Sunday, but rejected Caribbean calls for financial reparations. He will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda through Wednesday with King Charles; Barbados PM Mia Mottley set out a reparations case in a June manifesto.
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