Nigel Farage has demanded a referendum on the surrender of the Chagos Islands in a further swipe at Labour's "rotten" handover of the strategic archipelago. The Reform UK leader has echoed calls made by Tory peers to let the Chagossian people decide the future of their homeland - which would likely take until after Donald Trump's inauguration as

Nigel Farage has suggested holding a referendum on the future of the Chagos Islands as he claimed Donald Trump’s team is “appalled” at the UK’s “rotten” deal. The Reform UK leader put forward the idea of allowing the Chagossian people to decide the future of their homeland as he joined other opposition MPs in raising concerns over the agreement to give up sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

Nigel Farage has demanded a referendum on Sir Keir Starmer’s “rotten” Chagos Islands deal. The Reform UK leader called on ministers to allow the Chagossian people to decide the future of their homeland as he joined other opposition MPs in raising concerns over the agreement to give up British sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius.