Shared by GB News journalist Tom Harwood on X, the graph compares the "true cost of Chagos" with potential allocations such as restoring winter fuel payments, doubling medical school places, funding free bus travel nationwide, and even covering the cost of a new Type 31 frigate.

Sir Keir Starmer said legal certainty was required over the future of the Diego Garcia military base. Sir Keir Starmer warned national security could be put at risk without a deal to give “legal certainty” over the status of the Chagos Islands and the strategically important Diego Garcia military base.