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Patel: ‘UK’s enemies queuing up’ to get close to Mauritius after Chagos deal

The shadow foreign secretary said adversaries such as Russia, Iran and China back the deal, which was signed earlier this year.

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Chagos Islands deal will see Mauritius ‘receive £35bn over 99 years’

Dame Priti Patel has accused ministers of trying to ‘cover up’ the cost

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Mauritius ‘to receive £35bn’ for Chagos deal over 99 years

Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel accused ministers of trying to ‘cover up’ the cost of ceding the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

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US air strikes on Iran were absolutely necessary, says Patel

US defence forces attacked Iranian nuclear sites near Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan last month.

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Labour urged to ‘have courage’ to trigger vote on Chagos deal

Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing U-turn’.

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Reform UK strengthens polling lead as Conservatives drop to fourth place

It is the Tories’ lowest-ever ranking in YouGov’s voting intention poll.

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Government declines to put date on when Chagos Islands deal will be agreed

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty was responding to an urgent question in the Commons.

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US will put UK in tariff regime with EU over Chagos deal, says Farage

Tory shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said the Chagos Islands deal was ‘one of the worst foreign policy failures in modern British history’.

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Kemi Badenoch's Tories slip to third behind Nigel Farage's Reform UK in new poll

Exclusive: The latest Techne UK tracker poll for The Independent comes as Nigel Farage prepares to hold a Reform UK rally in Kemi Badenoch’s Essex constituency

The Independent UK

Patel accuses Starmer of ‘desperate’ approach to China ties

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said China had been behind ‘all sorts of incursions in our country’.

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Talk of ‘negotiations’ does not change Ukraine approach – minister

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel had asked whether Sir Keir Starmer’s comments represented ‘a departure from the current approach’.

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Patel insists previous comments about Trump were ‘right and fair’

The then home secretary had said in the wake of the Capitol riots that Mr Trump’s own words had ‘directly led to the violence’.

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Badenoch picks hardcore Brexiteer Priti Patel as shadow foreign secretary despite Israel gaffe

Kemi Badenoch will name Brexiteer Dame Priti Patel as her shadow foreign secretary despite her being sacked by Theresa May as international development secretary for unauthorised meetings in Israel

The Independent UK

Dame Priti Patel and Mel Stride given top jobs in new Tory frontbench team

Dame Priti and Mr Stride were both early rivals of Kemi Badenoch during the Tory leadership contest.

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Second wave of prisoners to get early release despite fears sex offenders included

Former home secretary Priti Patel has called for the early release scheme to be suspended after fears that sex offenders and violent criminals are being let out

The Independent UK

Priti Patel says she would do Rwanda-style deportations again as she woos Reform voters

Priti Patel officially launched her bid to become Tory leader with a special guest from Reform UK in the audience

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch would defeat all five leadership rivals, new poll reveals

Conservative MPs will narrow down the number of candidates to just two before the contest goes to a vote among Tory members to decide a winner by November 2

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Priti Patel wins praise from former Chancellor Lord Hammond in Tory leadership race

The peer stressed the need for the Conservative Party to fight Labour on the centre ground of British politics

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Suella Braverman and Priti Patel accuse churches of backing 'bogus' asylum claims

Former Tory home secretaries call out those who helped Abdul Ezedi claim

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Covid rules were confusing and £10,000 fines disproportionate, says Priti Patel

Former Home Secretary tells Covid Inquiry that regulations were hard to understand for police and public

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Police had to delay enforcing Covid laws after getting legislation from Matt Hancock minutes before

Martin Hewitt, the ex-chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said he had to tell then-home secretary Dame Priti Patel they needed more time

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Covid Inquiry latest: Boris Johnson called for 'bigger fines' for lockdown rule-breakers

Boris Johnson demanded an emphasis on “bigger fines” as he unwound lockdown restrictions in the summer of 2020, the Covid Inquiry has heard.

Evening Standard

Braverman’s migration comments may have been ‘to get attention,’ claims Priti Patel

Suella Braverman previously said that some refugees claim to be gay to game the asylum system and that multiculturalism had failed which sparked an uproar from some MPs

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