UK will not apologise for role in slavery at Commonwealth summit, No 10 says

News that no symbolic apology or reparations are planned could put Starmer on collision course with other nations

The UK government will not apologise over Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade at next week's Commonwealth heads of government (Chogm) summit in Samoa, Downing Street has said.

Downing Street said on Monday that the government would not be paying reparations for slavery. News that neither an apology nor reparations are on the agenda could put Keir Starmer, who will attend the gathering, on a collision course with other nations.