Ed Miliband says slavery apology will NOT cost British taxpayers despite Andy Burnham set to hand over £40MILLION

“Ed Miliband says slavery apology will NOT cost British taxpayers despite Andy Burnham set to hand over £40MILLION”

Ed Miliband has insisted an apology from the British Government over the transatlantic slave trade will not cost taxpayers despite Andy Burnham preparing to hand Caribbean nations a £40million package for green energy schemes. The Foreign Secretary told the BBC that previous governments had a "sweep it under the carpet" mindset towards the issue, lamenting at what he described as Sir Tony Blair's "sorry not sorry" comments. Mr Miliband acknowledged that while the former Prime Minister expressed…