They lashed out at Sir Keir Starmer's decision to surrender sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory to the island nation 1,300 miles away.
Handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius would leave a 'pristine marine ecosystem' at the mercy of China , senior Tories warn today.
Since 2010 a 640,000 square-kilometer 'no-take' marine protected area has been in place that prevents all commercial fishing and other activities like mining. Former shadow minister Sir Desmond Swayne told MailOnline: 'The government's job is to deliver on the UK's priorities, not the Civil Service's.
Since 2010 a 640,000 square-kilometer 'no-take' marine protected area has been in place that prevents all commercial fishing and other activities like mining. 'Are Labour so blinded by ideology or lack policy foresight that they feel it necessary to rip up British achievements that deliver for the British people and protect the world around us just to spite the Conservatives?'
'But Labour are abandoning all the great work the UK has done and playing fast and loose with our natural world.
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