Last week in the UK's House of Commons, Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel accused the Labour government of putting the UK's national security at risk, ignoring the interests of Chagossians, and "letting our standing go into freefall" in an increasingly dangerous world.

Sir Keir Starmer's deal with the Mauritian government for the Chagos Islands may be about to hit the buffers after the country's Deputy Prime Minister suggested that the UK may need to pay more to lease the territory.

Mauritius’s prime minister says he issued ‘counterproposals’ to UK over Chagos Islands deal. A historic deal for the United Kingdom to hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been put into question after the African island country’s new prime minister issued “counterproposals”.

Starmer’s Government had reached a deal with the former leader of Mauritius but the newly elected PM, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, has said he does not accept elements of the agreement

The UK doesn’t plan to hand more money to Mauritius in a deal covering the future of the Chagos Islands, including a key military base, despite the new Mauritian government’s push for improved terms.

Mauritius's new government is holding up a landmark sovereignty deal with the UK over the Chagos Islands due to financial disagreements. Deputy Prime Minister Paul Bérenger told his constituents on Sunday that negotiations were stalling over monetary terms.