Britain took control of Mauritius from 1810 when it was seized from the French. Between 1814 and 1965 the Chagos Archipelago was administered by the UK as a dependency of the Mauritius colony.

Sir Keir Starmer 's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands will fund sweeping tax cuts in Mauritius, it has emerged. The Prime Minister last month signed an agreement to cede sovereignty of the ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people. The deal, signed last month ...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the UK's £3.4bn deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

The UK’s deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been criticised by a panel of UN experts (Lucy North/PA) By Christopher McKeon, PA Political Correspondent June 10, 2025 at 11:25pm BST ...

Keir Starmer is facing humiliation on the international stage after experts at the United Nations (UN) called for his controversial deal with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands to be suspended. UN ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces calls to suspend his deal handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius after UN experts criticised its treatment of the Chagossian people. The deal, agreed last ...

John Healey has robustly defended the UK’s Chagos Islands deal, insisting the agreement needed to be struck to defend Britain’s interests as he appeared at a military conference.

Meanwhile, Mauritius's chief legal adviser this morning told peers that ex-residents of the Chagos Islands were consulted on the deal to hand over sovereignty of the archipelago.