Overview

• The Big Payback, co-authored with Marcus Ryder, argues payments should go to Caribbean states and every black British person funded by taxpayers.
• The authors link present-day racial disparities, including prison over-representation and higher unemployment, to the transatlantic slave trade.
• The book cites the Brattle Report’s estimate of roughly $100 trillion in harms, including uncompensated labour, loss of liberty and mental anguish.
• Contributions come from Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy and academic Kehinde Andrews, with publication by Faber scheduled for October 9.
• Successive UK governments, including under Sir Keir Starmer, have rejected paying reparations, and media outlets have launched reader polls as coverage grows.