David Lammy has ruled out the “transfer of cash” to other countries ... The Prime Minister had said the issue should not be on the agenda. Speaking in Nigeria, where he was due to sign a “strategic partnership” covering economic ties, national ...

David Lammy has said any conversations about reparations need to be about the future rather than the “transfer of cash”. The Foreign Secretary was speaking in Nigeria to sign a “strategic partnership” covering economic ties, national security and climate change, as part of his first visit to Africa in the role which also takes in South Africa.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the concept of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery "is not about the transfer of cash". In his first comments since 56 Commonwealth leaders signed a statement saying the time had come for a conversation about reparations,