<p>Leading figures in Caribbean reparatory justice movement speak out after UK PM announced infrastructure package</p><p>Offers of debt relief and development assistance from the UK cannot be a replacement for reparations for centuries of slavery, leading figures in the Caribbean reparatory justice movement have said.</p><p>Their comments follow British prime minister Andy Burnham’s announcement on Friday that he wanted to begin a structured dialogue on slavery and reparations and was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/andy-burnham-call-formal-apology-britains-role-in-slave-trade">open to Britain apologising</a>, but ruled out reparations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/debt-relief-aid-no-replacement-slavery-reparations-uk-told-caribbean">Continue reading...</a>
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Debt relief and aid no replacement for slavery reparations, UK told
<p>Leading figures in Caribbean reparatory justice movement speak out after UK PM announced infrastructure package</p><p>Offers of debt relief and development assistance from the UK cannot be a replacement for reparations for centuries of slavery, leading figures in the Caribbean reparatory justice movement have said.</p><p>Their comments follow British prime minister Andy Burnham’s announcement on Friday that he wanted to begin a structured dialogue on slavery and reparations and was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/andy-burnham-call-formal-apology-britains-role-in-slave-trade">open to Britain apologising</a>, but ruled out reparations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/debt-relief-aid-no-replacement-slavery-reparations-uk-told-caribbean">Continue reading...</a>