MPs demand Foreign Office chief’s exit over ‘deep failures’ on Afghanistan evacuation

Philip Barton was criticised for his ‘worrying lack of knowledge' on Afghanistan

AFGHAN allies and British soldiers were “utterly let down by deep failures of leadership” in the UK Government during the evacuation from Kabul, MPs have said, as they demanded the resignation of the Foreign Office’s top civil servant.

A scathing report published today calls for Sir Philip Barton to consider his position over a “determination to avoid unearthing the facts” during an inquiry by the cross-party Foreign Affairs Committee.