Chagos deal to cost 10 times what Government claimed
- Keir Starmer's plan for the Chagos Islands will cost almost £35 billion, according to official figures, which contradicts his claim of £3.4 billion.
- Labour ministers face accusations of misleading Parliament regarding the costs of the deal, using what Dame Priti Patel calls an 'accountancy trick.'
- Dame Priti Patel claims that Labour's handling of the deal has led to significant financial burdens on taxpayers.
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Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel accused ministers of trying to ‘cover up’ the cost of ceding the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. 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 Patel accused ministers of trying to “cover up” the cost of ceding the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, …
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