Former security minister says UK decision to cede sovereignty means Mauritius could lease islands to China

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.