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Andy Burnham open to calls for formal apology for Britain’s role in slave trade

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Andy Burnham open to calls for formal apology for Britain’s role in slave trade

Exclusive: UK PM to launch drive to restructure debt of poorest Commonwealth countries but rejects demands for reparations• British people can’t be made to pay for the wrongs of slavery – but we must confront our complicated history | Andy BurnhamAndy Burnham has gone further than any previous prime minister towards offering a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, in a Guardian article ahead of a Commonwealth leaders’ summit where the subject is expected to dominate.As he prepares to fly to the Caribbean next week, the prime minister said he was open to calls for

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