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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 ...
Mr Lammy has doubled down claiming that the deal is a “good one” guaranteeing the use of the airbase for the next 99 years. But the government has refused to publish details and costs of the deal.
The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands could rise to £18 billion and disputed claims made by the Mauritian Prime Minister about the renegotiated deal.
National security will be put at risk unless the Chagos Islands are handed over to Mauritius in a deal set to cost the UK taxpayer billions, Sir Keir Starmer said.
Mauritius has rejected Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand the Chagos Islands over to the country, in a humiliating blow for the prime minister.. A day after the country’s deputy prime minister ...
“Now I know he’s very keen on tariffs, and tariffs are being put on all over the world, and no doubt the EU is going to feel some of it, but with us he was very happy to have a free trade deal ...
And the former army chief criticised a core part of the deal meant to protect the top secret joint US/UK airbase on Diego Garcia, insisting a 99-year guarantee over its use is not long enough.
The latest concerns about the Chagos agreement come amid signs that President Donald Trump could try to veto the deal because of fears about the impact on the Diego Garcia base.