Andy Burnham gestures with both hands while speaking, with a Union flag behind him
Andy Burnham: ‘We are in discussion with our US friends to see how we might recast the arrangement that better meets their concerns.’ Photograph: Kin Cheung/PA
Andy Burnham: ‘We are in discussion with our US friends to see how we might recast the arrangement that better meets their concerns.’ Photograph: Kin Cheung/PA
Burnham wants to ‘recast’ Chagos Islands deal after US resistance

UK PM says he wants ‘a new discussion’ with Washington over the disputed islands

Andy Burnham has said he wants to “recast” the UK’s deal to cede control of the Chagos Islands after resistance from Washington, which said the agreement could instead be modelled on America’s Greenland deal with Denmark.