Chagos Base to Face Nuclear Ban Under Labour Takeover
Diego Garcia military base could lose its nuclear storage rights if Labour takes control of the Chagos Islands.
On 27 January 2026, GB News reported that, should the Labour Party take control of the Chagos Islands, the United Kingdom would ban the storage of nuclear weapons at the Diego Garcia military base. The decision follows comments from Mauritius’s deputy prime minister, who warned that Labour’s surrender of the Chagos archipelago threatens the strategic balance. The revelation deepens a diplomatic rift between Britain’s new prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, and former U.S. president Donald Trump, who had previously supported British nuclear strategy. With Diego Garcia currently hosting a joint U.S.-UK nuclear deterrent, the ban would strip the base of its nuclear facilities and potentially re‑configure regional security dynamics.
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