Priti Patel urges Labour to ditch Chagos surrender 'once and for all' after Foreign Office denies minister's claim that deal has been paused

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer was left humiliated by his own department after assuring MPs that the treaty to hand over the territory to Mauritius was being paused.


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