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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.
Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal is a betrayal of Britain
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PMQs in full: Chagos Islands to Donald Trump's Gaza proposal
Sir Keir Starmer has faced Kemi Badenoch and backbench MPs at PMQs, with topics ranging from the Chagos Islands deal to Donald Trump's proposals for Gaza.
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Starmer and Badenoch clash over Chagos Islands deal at PMQs
The Tory leader says "when Labour negotiates, our country loses"; the prime minister questions whether Badenoch has been "properly briefed" on UK security.
Starmer Faces UK Cabinet Disquiet Over Chagos Deal
The UK government said it wouldn’t provide any details on a proposed multibillion-pound deal to continue operating a military base in the Chagos archipelago once it cedes control of the islands until it’s finalized,
Keir Starmer insists Chagos Islands deal is 'vital to national security'
Keir Starmer has insisted that a deal on the 'legal certainty' of the Chagos Islands is 'vital to national security'.
UK faces paying more in Chagos deal, Mauritius PM suggests
The UK faces paying more to Mauritius under a renegotiated deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, the prime minister of the African island nation has suggested. Last October, the UK announced it would hand over sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius,
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
Mauritius says 'new deal' reached with UK on Chagos Islands
Mauritius's prime minister said Tuesday that his country had reached a newly renegotiated deal with Britain over control of the strategic Chagos Islands, but was awaiting US President Donald Trump's opinion.
UK and Mauritius ‘confident’ deal can be reached on Chagos, says Mauritian PM
Navin Ramgoolam said Donald Trump was ‘not a wolf’ and it was better to let him review the prospective deal between the UK and Mauritius.
Britain denies reports it will pay more to finalise Chagos Islands deal
A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...
Nigel Farage humiliates 'panicking' Starmer over £18bn Chagos deal
The Reform UK leader demanded to know why a war-hero pensioner is losing winter fuel payments while the UK hands £18 billion ...
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Starmer blasted over the ‘immoral surrender’ of Chagos Islands costing taxpayers £18 billion
Nigel Farage slams Keir Starmer over 'immoral surrender' of Chagos Islands, costing taxpayers £18 billion. Find out more.
Sir Keir Starmer defends Chagos Islands deal after Tory leader brands it 'immoral surrender'
Sir Keir Starmer has defended the controversial Chagos Islands deal after the Conservative leader branded it an "immoral ...
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Chagos deal is "shambolic" - Government must give MPs a say
Commenting on Starmer's plans to push ahead with the Chagos deal, Calum Miller MP, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said: ...
Hopeless Keir Starmer forced to deny Mauritius claims £9bn Chagos deal payment will rise
Progress on the Chagos deal has slowed since Donald Trump was consulted on it, despite previous efforts to get it signed ...
Chagos deal row: Minister denies UK spending £18billion as PM 'faces mini-revolt'
Environment Secretary Steve Reed said that figures being reported are ‘not correct’, but could not say what the final cost of ...
Bloomberg UK Politics: Cash for Chagos
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