Foreign secretary to visit British territories devastated by Hurricane Irma with government under fire over aid effort
Boris Johnson, the UK foreign secretary, has bowed to political pressure to fly to the Caribbean to visit the British territories devastated by Hurricane Irma amid continuing criticism of the government’s response to the disaster.
The Foreign Office said Johnson would spend “the coming days” in the Caribbean to see UK’s relief effort first-hand, less than a day after Labour called for him or the prime minister to visit the region.
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