Britain and Mauritius denied on Wednesday media reports that London could end up paying double the amount in a renegotiated deal to retain a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Sir Keir Starmer “intends to push ahead” with the deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, the prime minister of Mauritius has told his parliament.

Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire at PMQs after Mauritius said the UK had agreed to change payment terms in its deal to hand it control of the Chagos Islands. It comes after Mauritian PM Navin Ramgoolam claimed the UK had now agreed to front-load the payments and change how they are calculated.

Keir Starmer has insisted that a deal on the 'legal certainty' of the Chagos Islands is 'vital to national security'.

The Conservative leader criticised plan as an "immoral surrender", while Starmer says Badenoch is "not fit to be prime minister". | ITV National News

Tories accused Sir Keir Starmer of "traitorous levels of national sabotage" after it emerged the Prime Minister was pressing ahead with handing over the Chagos Islands by effectively doubling the £9 billion offered to new owners Mauritius.