The expulsion of 21 Conservative MPs for rebelling against the government over Brexit "sends the wrong message to Remainers", a party veteran has warned.

Everyone should worry about no deal, the civil servant who was, until March, head of the Brexit department has said.

Britain has dramatically increased the value of weaponry and defence equipment it sells to the world’s most repressive regimes since vows by senior ministers to expand arms exports after the Brexit vote.

Lord Howard told Sky News that Theresa May would show the same "resolve" over Gibraltar as Margaret Thatcher had with "another Spanish speaking country" over the Falklands.