PoliticsMiliband criticises Blair’s slavery statement and backs Burnham’s push for a formal apology

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband criticised Tony Blair’s earlier expression of sorrow over the slave trade without a formal apology, and defended Andy Burnham’s plan for talks with Commonwealth countries on an apology. Miliband said the UK would not change its position against reparations.

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