Caribbean slavery reparations body calls for ‘mutually beneficial’ restorative justice from UK

On first official visit to UK, leaders say aim is not to break the British Treasury' but to find solution to help clean up mess' left by colonialism

The Caribbean's slavery reparations body has decried misleading press reports that suggest their aim is to break the British Treasury" by demanding trillions of pounds, as they mutually beneficial restorative justice programme.

Prof Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC), which was set up to progress the Caribbean's pursuit of justice for centuries of enslavement and colonisation by European nations, made the comments during the body's first official visit to the UK.