Former UK minister demands reparations from Britain’s ex-colonies

Former UK minister demands reparations from Britain’s ex-colonies Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Sun, 07/05/2026 - 17:52 Suella Braverman said ex-colonies should repay Britain for the empire’s 'investment' Britain's former Home Secretary Suella Braverman on October 4, 2023. (Oli Scarff/AFP) Off Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has called for Britain’s former colonies to pay reparations to London for the "investment, effort and contribution" she claims the empire made in building them. In a post on X, Braverman, a right-wing politician who defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK earlier this year, entered the reparations debate by declaring: “The British Empire did so much good for the world.