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Tory MP issues legal threat over plan to put migrants on ‘floatel’ barge in Dorset

‘We will look at any way we can stop this’, says Richard Drax

The Independent UK

Pictured: 1970s Mega-barge Bibby Stockholm Government wants to use to house 500 refugees

Leaked Home Office documents claimed plans to put asylum seekers on vessels were rejected last year - due to it being more expensive than using hotels

Evening Standard

King Charles needn’t sell off the crown jewels in atonement for slavery – but Britain must waive Jamaica’s debt

Money can only ever begin to make amends, says activist and former broadcaster Barbara Blake-Hannah

The Guardian - UK

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Britain's defence budget 'not sufficient' as 'world totters towards World War Three'

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace wanted an £11bn boost to take account of the war in Ukraine and the rising threat posed by China, but has been forced to make do with far less

Daily Mirror

We whose ancestors owned slaves want to make amends – but nations must also pay their due

My family owned plantations, but how my generation atones can only ever be a start, says author and campaigner Alex Renton

The Guardian - UK

‘My forefathers did something horribly wrong’: British slave owners’ family to apologise and pay reparations

The Trevelyans were shocked to see their name in a slavery database and a journey to Grenada confirmed the continuing impact of their grim history

The Guardian - UK

How reparation efforts in Barbados found an international spotlight

The online buzz over high profile Britons' ties to the trans-Atlantic slave trade put attention on the ongoing reparations push in Barbados, and other Caribbean nations.

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Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestors got rich from slavery in Barbados. Now he could be on the hook for reparations

A century and a half before the celebrated British actor was born, Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestors enslaved hundreds of people and forced them to toil away on a sugar plantation in Barbados.

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Benedict Cumberbatch could face legal action over family’s link to slave trade

Doctor Strange actor Benedict Cumberbatch could could soon face a challenge from Barbados over his ancestors' history as slave owners.

The New Daily

Benedict Cumberbatch's family could face legal action over historical links to slavery

The Sherlock and Marvel stars family has previously expressed his remorse over his own family's links to slavery

Daily Mirror

Ministers hear call to reward armed forces for covering Christmas strikes

Conservative MP Richard Drax questioned the Government in the Commons over whether there are ‘any signs of some sort of reward or thank you’.

The Independent UK

Barbados plans to make Tory MP pay reparations for family’s slave past

Richard Drax reported to have visited Caribbean island for meeting on next steps, including plans for former sugar plantation

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt faces rebellion on Tory right over autumn statement

Esther McVey, John Redwood and Richard Drax among backbench critics of chancellor’s tax rises

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson could be in line for top Nato job, say Conservative allies

Alliance members report a British candidate could be a good choice of leader

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Boris Johnson as Nato secretary general ‘won’t happen’ despite rumours

RUMOURS that Boris Johnson is being touted as a potential secretary general of Nato have been dismissed and derided by senior members of the SNP and…

The Guardian - UK

Is there no end to Tory MPs’ sexual misconduct?

A member caught watching porn on his phone in the Commons joins the roll call of members accused of shameful behaviour

The Independent UK

Conservative MP warns future tax cuts ‘will come too late’

Conservative MP Richard Drax urged the Treasury to ‘go further’, as ‘lower taxes generate more cash’.

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