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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin and Millie Cooke

FOUND: Keir starmer sparks labour storm over slavery reparations | Mind Blowing Facts

King Charles has acknowledged the “pains of the past” in an attempt to smooth over the ongoing row about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade.

Speaking on the first full day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Samoa, the King called for “ways to right enduring inequalities” but avoided taking sides in the diplomatic dispute between Sir Keir Starmer and Caribbean leaders calling for compensation.

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