A top Foreign Office official has apologised for misleading MPs over the controversial airlift of cats and dogs from Afghanistan.
Sir Philip Barton admitted he had given "inadvertently inaccurate answers" when he told the Foreign Affairs Committee that Nigel Casey, the PM's special representative in Afghanistan, had not received any correspondence suggesting Boris Johnson authorised the evacuation of animals from the Nowzad charity.
But leaked emails show Mr Casey asked an official "to seek clear guidance for us from No10 asap on what they would like us to do" in the case.
