{
  "id": 14133277,
  "title": "Lobbying, lawyers and a media blitz: the fight to kill the Church of England’s £100m slavery compensation fund",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/lobbying-lawyers-and-a-media-blitz-the-fight-to-kill-the-church-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T05:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/13/church-of-england-slavery-compensation-fund"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "British financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have become prominent opponents of the Church of England's £100 million compensation fund aimed at addressing the church's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. Critics, such as Nigel Biggar, argue that this is an act of \"virtue signalling\" by wealthy elites demonstrating their progressive credentials. The opposition campaign has gained widespread media coverage, with dozens of articles published by Biggar and others in publications like the Spectator, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, and the Times. Meanwhile, the Church of England has faced a legal challenge that could further delay the fund's launch, which was initially planned for 2024.",
  "summary": "Some of Britain’s wealthiest financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have given a platform to critical coverage or are linked to its leading opponent “This is virtue signalling,” said Nigel Biggar. “These are elites who are trying to demonstrate that they are being progressive.” The target of his scorn was one that has obsessed him for years: the movement to pay reparations for the slave trade,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}