Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said that he is open to listening to calls for an official apology for Britain's role in the historic transatlantic slave trade, but has ruled out financial reparations.

It comes ahead of King Charles hosting this week's potentially stormy Commonwealth summit in St John’s in Antigua and Barbuda during his Caribbean tour. 

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