Chagos Islands, Mauritius

Labour ex-minister in call to withdraw from ‘irresponsible’ Chagos Islands deal
Surrendering UK sovereignty of the Chagos Islands is an “irresponsible act”, a Labour former minister has said, backing calls for the Government to withdraw from a deal over the territory. Admiral Lord West of Spithead,
Britain could hand Mauritius hundreds of millions to secure Chagos Islands deal
Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal...
Mauritius wants £800 million a year and ‘billions of pounds in reparations’ for contentious Chagos Islands deal
Mauritius has ‘made a counter proposal’ in the Chagos Islands deal, reportedly demanding £800 million a year and ‘billions of pounds in reparations from the UK.
UK Weighs Front-Loading Payments for Mauritius in Chagos Deal
The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos islands, including a key UK-US military base, to the Indian Ocean nation.
UK offers to frontload payments in Chagos Islands talks
The UK government has offered to frontload a tranche of payments to Mauritius in order to finalise the draft deal over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, according to people familiar with the talks.
UK offers to FRONTLOAD Mauritius payments to conclude Chagos Islands deal before Trump inauguration
The UK has offered to frontload payments to Mauritius in a bid to finalise the contentious Chagos Islands deal before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20. Britain is offering to pay several years' worth of the £90million annual lease payments upfront for Diego Garcia,
The Chagos plan is fast turning into Labour’s Rwanda debacle
Failure often occurs little by little, then all of a sudden. This feels increasingly true of the UK’s attempt to cede ...
Former Navy chief urges Starmer to abandon ‘irresponsible’ Chagos deal
Admiral Lord West of Spithead says ‘it’s difficult to fathom’ why Labour has decided to cede control of a strategic ...
Former Labour security minister says Keir Starmer must abandon Chagos surrender
Ex First Sea Lord Admiral West has said the giveaway of the key islands is a strategic misstep that will endanger Britain.
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Rushing through the Chagos deal would be an unnecessary mistake
New governments in the United States and Mauritius mean Keir Starmer must rethink his Chagos Islands deal or risk making an ...
John Healey admits UK has not had any talks with Trump’s team over crumbling Chagos deal
Donald Trump’s team is looking for a way to veto the deal as a result of concerns over possible Chinese interference ...
Eye-watering cost of Keir Starmer’s disastrous Chagos Island deal revealed
The Government has been slammed after the cost of their plans to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius was revealed.
Dame Priti Patel demands immediate U-turn on Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to surrender Chagos Islands
DAME Priti Patel has demanded an immediate U-turn by the PM over his deal to surrender the Chagos Islands. It comes after Sir ...
Blow for Starmer as Mauritian PM rejects Chagos deal again
Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said ‘Starmer and Lammy need to come to their senses and ditch the deal’ ...