Tom Tugendhat has taken a veiled swipe at fellow Tory leadership hopeful James Cleverly over his role in the surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The archipelago - a British Overseas Territory (BOT) - will be handed over to China ally Mauritius alongside a "financial support" package in order to "address wrongs of the past",

Conservative leadership rivals are hoping to use Britain’s decision to hand over the Chagos islands to dent James Cleverly’s newfound momentum in the race, as MPs head into a crucial week of voting. Cleverly — the standout candidate from this week’s Tory conference in Birmingham — was foreign secretary at the time talks began over the Indian Ocean islands,