Contender for next Commonwealth chief warns Britain owes India 'more money than it has' as Keir Starmer braces for reparations row at Samoa summit
Daily MailA contender for next secretary-general of the Commonwealth has suggested the UK owes India 'more money than it has'. The intervention, in an interview with the Financial Times, comes as Keir Starmer and the King prepare to head for Samoa for the latest Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. Joshua Setipa, former trade minister for Lesotho, insisted the body should address the impact of the slave trade and colonialism The intervention comes as Keir Starmer and the King prepare to head for Samoa for the latest Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting However, No10 is adamant reparations are 'not on the agenda' and the Government would not pay them anyway. The PM's spokesman said last week: 'Just to be clear, reparations are not on the agenda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
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