row over

"The biggest fear on a day like that is that it all unravels and that hasn't happened," a government source said, sighing that No 11 has avoided an ominshambles, an embarrassing row over taxing sausage rolls or a serious breach in their friendship with business.

Former Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf has called a row over a social media post - in which he said it was "dumb" for one of his MPs to call for a burka ban - a "storm in a teacup".

Rwanda has said it is pulling out of a central African regional bloc after a diplomatic row over its involvement in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The run-up to the review's release was dominated by a political row over when the government should pledge to meet its 3% spending target.

The move – which was brought on by a row over immigration – will now likely usher in snap elections.