There has been no change to the substance of the deal, nor the overall quantum agreed.“We believe we have achieved a deal that’s in the interests of the UK and Mauritius and, indeed, of the United States and our allies.

What a fool I was. In 2020, my wife, our son and I endured a miserable, lonely Christmas, because we were dutifully following the lockdown rules.

Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire at PMQs after Mauritius said the UK had agreed to change payment terms in its deal to hand it control of the Chagos Islands. It comes after Mauritian PM Navin Ramgoolam claimed the UK had now agreed to front-load the payments and change how they are calculated.