King Charles has arrived in Antigua and Barbuda for the latest leg of his Caribbean tour as Andy Burnham signalled the Government will consider a formal British apology for slavery.
In what would be a significant U-turn on previous policy, the PM said he is ‘open’ to the possibility of the UK issuing a formal apology for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.
But he ruled out considering financial reparations, which he said he did not ‘believe was the right answer’.
The timing of the PM’s announcement ahead of next week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which will be presided over by
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