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Church investment fund to right wrongs of slavery links ‘too small and too slow’

A £100 million investment fund set up to address the Church of England’s links to transatlantic slavery is too small and slow, according to a new report which calls for a target of £1 billion.

The funding programme was announced in January last year for investment, research and engagement to “address past wrongs”.

But its original nine-year timeframe has been judged too long by an independent oversight group which also stated

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