Keir Starmer accused of ‘bending the knee to Mauritius’ with revised Chagos deal

Negotiations over the Chagos Islands follow a long-running legal battle over the archipelago (Fiona Hanson/PA) - (PA Archive)

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of “bending the knee to Mauritius” after it emerged the cost of the Chagos Islands deal could double.

Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam told his country’s National Assembly on Monday that a renegotiated deal on the return of the archipelago would see payments from the UK for the lease of Diego Garcia linked to inflation.