Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been plunged into fresh chaos after a minister suggested his plan to cede sovereignty of the British territory had been paused after Donald Trump urged him to scrap it.
In what appeared to be another humiliating U-turn for Labour, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) minister Hamish Falconer said on Wednesday that the government was “pausing” for discussions with the US before bringing the bill to ratify the deal back to parliament.
