The genteel Surrey suburbs might not seem a natural breeding ground for bruisers, but friends say the PM's upbringing belies ...

My Left-leaning, champagne-socialist friends were so excited at the prospect of a Labour government last year. 'Of course we ...

Sir Keir Starmer came to office promising to revitalise growth, “smash the criminal gangs” and avoid taxes on “working people ...

Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer swept into office on a landslide a year ago this Saturday. Turns out that was ...

Labour urged to ‘have courage’ to trigger vote on Chagos deal - Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of ...

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is rubber-stamped, ...

On May 22, 2025, the government of the United Kingdom signed the much-discussed treaty transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, which included a lease agreement for the ...

David Lammy has urged a Reform UK MP to “get some help” because she is “swallowing conspiracy theories”. Sarah Pochin had asked the Foreign Secretary whether the US felt unable to use the UK-US ...

A pro-Palestinian protest in front of the Houses of Parliament in central London was banned by the Met "to prevent serious ...

The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, were given to Britain by France in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars.