Keir Starmer was hammered over 'surrender' on the Chagos Islands during PMQs clashes. Sir Keir insisted there was a need for 'legal certainty' over the status of the military base on Diego Garcia - saying the deal was needed for 'national security'.
Sir Keir Starmer could reshuffle his Cabinet within months as he seeks to breath some new life into the Government.
He is facing major internal pushback at the role he is seen as playing in the decision to pay Mauritius billions of pounds of taxpayers money to take over the Chagos Islands, a move that has been branded a 'surrender'. Reports suggest that The Prime Minister could make changes to his frontbench in May after the local elections take place.
The archipelago, controlled by the UK for more than two centuries, is home to the joint UK-US Diego Garcia military base. Britain is set to pay billions to Mauritius to lease the base back for 99 years under the terms of the deal.
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