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Shirley-Anne Somerville urged to order return of fund linked to slavery New Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has been asked to order the return of a £1.7 million north-east education fund to Jamaica after the money was linked to profits from the slave trade. © Kim Cessford / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up New Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has been asked to order the return of a £1.7 million north-east education fund to Jamaica after the money was linked to profits from the slave trade. Two historians who researched the origins of the Dick Bequest have written to the Dunfermline MSP after she was named as John Swinney’s successor as education secretary last week.

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