Andy Burnham will make Britain look weak if he makes a grovelling apology for its historical role in slavery, Kemi Badenoch warned today.
The Conservative leader lashed out at the Prime Minister as he prepares to hand Commonwealth nations £40million and say sorry for the transatlantic slave trade.
Mr Burnham will use a meeting of the group’s leaders in Antigua today to discuss formal contrition from the UK over the mass forced transportation of African labour.
He has has ruled out offering financial reparations but he will use the summit to set out plans for a ‘debt reset’ aimed at helping poorer Commonwealth countries.
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