Embarrassment For Robert Jenrick As Donald Trump Signs Off On Chagos Handover Deal

This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia.

Donald Trump has signed off on Labour’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The US president’s decision is a major blow for the Tories, and shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick in particular.

The shadow justice secretary produced a seven-minute video condemning the proposal, in which UK will pay Mauritius £9 billion over the next 99 years so the UK-US military base at Diego Garcia will continue to operate as it does at the moment.