Slavery reparations ‘not feasible’ for UK, says foreign minister

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the UK would not pay slavery reparations, calling them impractical and ruling out a change in the government’s position. He suggested the country could issue a formal apology at the G20 summit in Manchester next November, but said an apology would not lead to financial compensation. At the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, Prime Minister Andy Burnham proposed a “debt reset” for the poorest member countries while reiterating his opposition to reparations. King Charles III called slavery a “monstrous injustice” and expressed his horror, but stopped short of apologising.