
Miliband backs slavery apology but rules out reparations
The foreign secretary Ed Miliband has defended Andy Burnham's plan to consider a formal apology for Britain's role in trafficking slaves.
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But he stressed that the UK would not be offering financial reparations - and insisted the Government's new approach would not cost anything to the British taxpayer.
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But he stressed that the UK would not be offering financial reparations - and insisted the Government's new approach would not cost anything to the British taxpayer.
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