Who is one of the most influential figures in the Labour Government and yet almost unknown to the British public?

If you’re looking for a story that sums up why Britain is in such a godawful mess, try this. At an Oxford college dinner in spring, 2011, the political author David Goodhart found himself seated next ...

The tiny Indian Ocean nation is tied with Monaco at the head of Nomad Capitalist's  Freedom Index 2025 after announcing plans ...

UN experts urge UK to negotiate new Chagos deal that allows islanders to return The deal returns sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, but will see the UK lease back a military base on Diego ...

The British government has signed a deal to transfer the Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius. But it effectively blocks the return of hundreds of islanders who were born there. They were ...

The British government has signed a deal to transfer the Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius.

LONDON -- The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming last ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia. LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

The deal comes after a lengthy dispute over the islands that has involved questions over Britain's colonial legacy. The Chagos Archipelago became a British territory in 1814. In 1965, the U.K.