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Miliband vows taxpayers won't pay 'a penny more' for a slavery apology while Burnham refuses to rule out extra cash

King Charles III, whose remarks drew no commitment to reparations, with Buckingham Palace insisting he would not be responsible for delivering any apology.
King Charles III, whose remarks drew no commitment to reparations, with Buckingham Palace insisting he would not be responsible for delivering any apology.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla host Commonwealth Heads of State and their partners at an official dinner in Antigua and Barbuda, as Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband ruled out reparations entirely, insisting the government's structured dialogue would conclude within a year.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla host Commonwealth Heads of State and their partners at an official dinner in Antigua and Barbuda, as Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband ruled out reparations entirely, insisting the government's structured dialogue would conclude within a year.
The Queen enjoying a steel pan band performance, as Ed Miliband insisted a £40 million green energy package for Caribbean Commonwealth nations was entirely unrelated to any slavery apology process.
The Queen enjoying a steel pan band performance, as Ed Miliband insisted a £40 million green energy package for Caribbean Commonwealth nations was entirely unrelated to any slavery apology process.
Tables set for an official Commonwealth Heads of Government dinner in Antigua; Andy Burnham announced a £40 million green energy package for Caribbean nations at the summit, though Ed Miliband insisted it was unrelated to any apology process.
Tables set for an official Commonwealth Heads of Government dinner in Antigua; Andy Burnham announced a £40 million green energy package for Caribbean nations at the summit, though Ed Miliband insisted it was unrelated to any apology process.
Miliband vows taxpayers won't pay 'a penny more' for a slavery apology while Burnham refuses to rule out extra cash
Miliband vows taxpayers won't pay 'a penny more' for a slavery apology while Burnham refuses to rule out extra cash

Ed Miliband issued his 'not a penny more' guarantee on BBC Newscast even as Andy Burnham — speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua — repeatedly refused to give the same assurance, suggesting formal apology talks could conclude by next November's G20 in Manchester.

Burnham has already committed £40m to Caribbean green-energy schemes while Britain's own national debt stands at £3bn.

Miliband savaged Tony Blair's 2006 'deep sorrow and regret' as a 'sorry, not sorry' that was subsequently 'walked back by Number 10'.

King Charles, also at CHOGM, pointedly declined to apologise, saying 'we cannot change the past' — cutting across his own ministers.

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