PoliticsBritain should not apologise for slave trade, Badenoch says

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called an apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade a “navel-gazing distraction” and warned it could be used to press for financial compensation. She also questioned the value of future leaders attending a Commonwealth summit dominated by reparations demands. Andy Burnham is considering a formal apology but rules out cash reparations; Chancellor John Healey said discussing an apology would not make current Britons financially liable.

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