Minister Rubbishes Tory Claims That Chagos Deal Will Cost £30bn With 1 Key Point

Luke Pollard hit back at Tory claims about the cost of the Chagos deal.

Luke Pollard tore into the Conservative claims that the government’s Chagos deal will cost almost ten times what Labour say it will.

Prime minister Keir Starmer finally signed the agreement to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius on Thursday, after months of delays.

The UK and the US will still be able to use their military base on Chagos’ largest island, Diego Garcia, at the cost of £101 million per year.