Jeremy Corbyn to urge UK to stop ‘dragging its feet’ over reparations in Jamaica speech

Jeremy Corbyn will give a speech in Jamaica in which he will accuse the UK of “dragging its feet” over slavery reparations. The former Labour leader believes it is “bizarre” for the prime minister and David Lammy, the foreign secretary, to brand reparations as an issue “of the past”, arguing it is in fact “about the present, about the future”. Mr Corbyn, who now sits as the independent MP for Islington North, is due to give his speech in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, on Tuesday evening. He is expected to say: “It is deeply ironic that one of the reasons why reparations are a so-called historic issue is precisely because the West has dithered and delayed for so long. “The longer Britain continues to drag its feet, the more the case for reparations grows. Politics latest: Farage’s deputy defends Reform MP who was jailed for assaulting girlfriend “Decades of colonialism have created a profoundly unequal world that concentrates wealth and power in the hands of the global few. Reparations are about building something new. They are about investing resources…that could now be invested in healthcare, housing and education.” More from Politics Mr Corbyn’s speech, which he will deliver at...