UK foreign secretary says a deal over control of the Chagos Islands will not impact other overseas territories.

British sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar is not up for negotiation, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he told MPs the islands “are British and will remain British”.Concerns over the territories were raised after the Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands,

The British Government announced on Thursday it is giving up sovereignty of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

The Prime Minister said the Falkland Islands 'are British and will remain British' and added that sovereignty in Gibraltar 'is equally not to be negotiated'

Both the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar will remain British, Sir Keir Starmer has pledged. The Labour government’s decision last week to hand sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius prompted fierce criticism from the Conservatives and concerns about the future of the UK's other overseas territories.