'Britain unable to exert moral authority', says Chuka Umunna

Lib Dem MP tells conference PM's credibility undermined by threats to break law

Britain is unable to exert any moral authority in a world increasingly dominated by authoritarian leaders if Boris Johnson continues to threaten to break the law over Brexit, the Liberal Democrat MP, Chuka Umunna has argued.

Umunna, who now speaks on foreign affairs for the party he joined in June, told the Lib Dem conference that Johnson's international credibility was further undermined by a government dominated by figures from the former Vote Leave campaign.