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UK forced to shelve Chagos Islands legislation after US dropped support
UK NewsPolitics•April 11, 2026 at 4:43 PMNational

UK forced to shelve Chagos Islands legislation after US dropped support

By Geneva Abdul•The Guardian - UK News

Officials accept that time has run out to pass law to allow transfer of islands to MauritiusThe UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement.On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks. Continue reading...

Officials accept that time has run out to pass law to allow transfer of islands to Mauritius

The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement.

On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks.

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