The UK Foreign Office has postponed plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius due to concerns that Labour MPs will strongly oppose the cost of this billion-pound deal. Ministers have refused to disclose the final cost of the agreement, but it is reported that the cost is about £90 million per year for the next 100 years. Once the agreement is signed, the government must disclose the relevant financial details, and Starmer's aides are concerned that this will spark a rebellion among party MPs against the government's welfare reform plans that are set to be voted on.
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