Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire at PMQs over the cost of the government's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Earlier, the UK said newspaper reports that the effective price tag has jumped from £9bn to £18bn were "entirely inaccurate".

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.

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.