Jonathan Powell says former foreign secretary had previously led talks which the Labour government have now been able to conclude

Three of the four Tory leadership candidates have issued statement strongly denouncing the government’s decision to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Robert Jenrick, the favourite in the contest, called this a “dangerous capitulation”.

It’s taken three months for Starmer to surrender Britain’s strategic interests.

This is a dangerous capitulation that will hand our territory to an ally of Beijing.