Wes Streeting asked on Sky News if the Chagos surrender deal is dead:
“No. Look, the United States is going through its own process at the moment, and it’s fair to say there has been a shift in position in Washington. We’ve been clear throughout that the objective is to make sure we secure the Chagos Islands for the long term in British and American interests.
“I think there are lots of people in the US administration who understand what we’re trying to achieve, who support that objective. We’re working with the Americans to try and resolve that, because we’ve been clear that we wouldn’t act without the Americans, because this also concerns their interests as well.”
It is in tatters…
Starmer said to Robert Peston this afternoon:
“I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy businesses bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.”