Admiral Lord West of Spithead says ‘it’s difficult to fathom’ why Labour has decided to cede control of a strategic ...

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.

Lord West of Spithead, a former First Sea Lord and security minister, warned that pressing ahead would put Britain and its ...

New governments in the United States and Mauritius mean Keir Starmer must rethink his Chagos Islands deal or risk making an ...

Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford, linked the holiday to the Government’s deal to relinquish sovereignty of the ...

Should a war erupt with China over Taiwan, many observers seem to think that Europe would be largely irrelevant as far as the ...

Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ ...

The Government is currently scrambling to save its agreement to surrender control of the Indian Ocean archipelago, which ...

Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal ...

The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the ...

Donald Trump’s team is looking for a way to veto the deal as a result of concerns over possible Chinese interference ...