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Confusion over Chagos Islands deal as Foreign Office denies handover ‘paused’

Minister ‘misspoke’ by telling MPs UK was ‘pausing for discussions with our American counterparts’, officials sayUK politics live – latest updatesPlans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius are still on track, the UK government has insisted, after a minister...

Chagos Islands confusion as Foreign Office denies minister’s claim the deal has been paused – UK politics live

Minister told MPs the deal had been been paused, but that was immediately denied by the Foreign OfficeThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published figures showing that local authorities in England dealt with 1.26m flytipping incidents in...