3+ week, 2+ day ago   (597+ words) Scotland's First Minister says his government aimed to "minimise" costs, which when including hotels and expenses came to £98,442. John Swinney has come under fire over £45,000 business-class plane tickets to the World Cup for him and his aides. Data published by…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (990+ words) Legislation to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will not pass before the next King’s Speech, a minister has said, as he left open the possibility efforts could continue in the next parliamentary session. Stephen Doughty said on Monday that…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (619+ words) UK votes for pay rise to take salaries up to nearly £100,000, but where do politicians earn the most and least? The basic salary of MPs will rise to nearly £100,000 from next month and a further pay increase will be seen…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1011+ words) Nick Ferrari brings you the beautiful blue skies of the Chagos Islands, after asking the First Minister of the Chagos government in exile to swap radio for a video diary and show listeners the paradise he described live on air....

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (726+ words) Donald Trump urged Sir Keir Starmer not to “give away Diego Garcia” despite Washington signalling its official backing for the deal on Tuesday Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will meet her US counterpart Marco Rubio for talks in Washington after Britain’s…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (575+ words) Trump could use a 60-year-old US-UK treaty to veto the Chagos Islands deal Mauritius could prohibit the storage of nuclear weapons at the Diego Garcia military base if the Chagos Islands deal goes ahead. As a signatory of the Pelindaba…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (893+ words) An upcoming debate on Britain’s decision to handover the Chagos Islands was delayed after US backlash The United States will “have to have a say” on the UK’s decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, shadow foreign…...