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Starmer under fire amid row over Chagos deal cost
Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire at PMQs after Mauritius said the UK had agreed to change payment terms in its deal to hand it control of the Chagos Islands. It comes after Mauritian PM Navin Ramgoolam claimed the UK had now agreed to front-load the payments and change how they are calculated.
Britain and Mauritius deny reports the cost of Chagos Islands deal has doubled
Britain and Mauritius denied on Wednesday media reports that London could end up paying double the amount in a renegotiated deal to retain a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Starmer and Badenoch clash at PMQs over multi-billion pound Chagos Islands deal
The Conservative leader criticised plan as an "immoral surrender", while Starmer says Badenoch is "not fit to be prime minister". | ITV National News
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Starmer and Badenoch clash over Chagos Islands deal at PMQs
The Tory leader says Labour's negotiations could cost the UK billions; the prime minister questions whether Badenoch has been "properly briefed" on UK security.
Mauritius welcomes prospect of Trump examining Chagos deal
Mauritius welcomes the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump examining a deal reached by Britain and Mauritius over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, which house a U.S.-British military base, the island nation's prime minister said Tuesday.
Trump still considering Chagos Islands veto as Starmer tries to close deal
With reports the UK and Mauritius have agreed new terms on the Indian Ocean archipelago, a White House spokesperson told The Independent the US president has not given it his blessing
Keir Starmer risks Donald Trump's fury as 'traitorous' Chagos deal imminent
Tories accused Sir Keir Starmer of "traitorous levels of national sabotage" after it emerged the Prime Minister was pressing ahead with handing over the Chagos Islands by effectively doubling the £9 billion offered to new owners Mauritius.
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The U.S. Shouldn’t Have To Stop Britain’s Disastrous Chagos Deal
If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much as President Trump uses unpredictability as a diplomatic tool, I can ...
Britain Denies Reports It Will Pay More to Finalise Chagos Islands Deal
Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius - a former colony that became ...
UK denies it faces paying billions more for Chagos deal
The UK government has denied claims made by the prime minister of Mauritius that it faces paying billions more under a ...
Control of US-UK Military Satellite System Is Key to Chagos Deal
A satellite communications system used by the US and UK to run military operations is central to efforts by Britain to ...
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Britain’s handover of the Chagos Islands is pleasing nobody
Just three months into power, Labour pulled off what it billed as a diplomatic coup: ending a long-running dispute over the status of the Chagos Islands, one of Britain’s final imperial possessions, ...
Shocking graph reveals everything Keir Starmer's '£18bn Chagos betrayal could pay for
Shared by GB News journalist Tom Harwood on X, the graph compares the "true cost of Chagos" with potential allocations such ...
Farage claim Trump will impose tariffs on UK over Chagos Islands row is ‘codswallop’, says Downing Street
The Reform UK leader claimed Starmer’s government ‘lied’ over why it wanted to hand over the Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius ...
Snatching winter fuel allowance from OAPs while giving away billions AND Chagos makes us an international laughing stock
BENDING the knee is one of Sir Keir Starmer’s favourite exercises. Nothing illustrates his abject impulse for appeasement ...
Moment Labour minister completely blows her lid in furious Chagos row: 'Not serious!'
Cabinet minister Lucy Powell lost her cool on the BBC today amid a tense Chagos showdown with the Tory spokesman.