Chagos deal LIVE: Fury over Keir Starmer's '£30bn surrender' deal

Sir Keir Starmer's new treaty to Mauritius was condemned as a "cowardly surrender" and a "fundamental betrayal" of Britain.

The Prime Minister after months of controversial negotiations and a last-minute delay by the courts. It will see the UK hand over the overseas territory to Mauritius which will then lease back the UK-US military base at Diego Garcia for 99 years.

But the PM insisted he had to do the deal due to international law and claimed the UK would have faced immediate threats to the base's operations without it. He claimed the agreement will cost £3.4billion, with an average spend of £101million each year, insisting this is "very good value for money" given the base's geography and capability.

However, this figure was torn apart by critics, who argued the in real terms over its lifetime.

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