Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said foreign forces are prohibited from building bases in the archipelago as part of ...

The Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill follows a treaty signed by the UK Government in May to ...

Given Labour’s huge majority in the House of Commons there is very little either House can actually do to slow down or stop ...

The London borough of Hillingdon has applied for exceptional financial support from central government, partially as a result ...

The UK government is facing calls to support Chagos Islanders who need temporary housing after a surge of them arrived in the ...

As the Chagos Islands deal returns to the Commons, the Standard's Chief Political Correspondent, Rachael Burford, joins us to ...

In 2024, the United Kingdom agreed to possibly one of the worst real estate deals in recorded history. It agreed to give Mauritius, a small country in the Indian Ocean, ownership of the Chagos Islands ...

A deal to keep the UK-US military base running in the Chagos Archipelago is projected to see £34.7 billion handed to Mauritius over the next 99 years. Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti ...

Labour minister Stephen Doughty tore into Nigel Farage in the House of Commons after the Reform leader hit out at the Chagos ...

The Chagos Islands "surrender" deal cleared its final Commons hurdle on Monday night, paving the way for the territory to be ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV strongly affirmed the right of people to return to their homes after an unjust exile, issuing the message during an audience Saturday with refugees from Chagos, the Indian ...

The PM’s Chagos giveaway has brought an influx of islanders to Heathrow - leaving Hillingdon council in crisis ...