# Burnham heads to Commonwealth summit open to a slavery apology

- By: Vote Times Newsroom
- 2026-11-02T11:33:25.000Z
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## Excerpt

The UK prime minister says he will listen to calls for a formal apology for the slave trade, but rules out reparations and offers help with debt instead. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham travels on 2 November 2026 to the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda and says he is open to a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade. Burnham rules out reparations, saying British people today cannot be held liable for historical wrongs, and instead proposes easier debt-servicing terms for affected countries. The summit runs until 4 November; this article does not anticipate its outcome.

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