Labour urged to ‘have courage’ to trigger vote on Chagos deal

Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Archive)

Dame Priti Patel has urged ministers to “have the courage” to trigger a vote on the Chagos Islands deal.

The Government won a vote in the Lords on Monday, when 205 peers struck down a Tory bid to reject the treaty which cedes control of the archipelago to Mauritius.