Suella Braverman

Exclusive: Prime minister Liz Truss met Braverman in the House of Commons.

Braverman was an outspoken critic of Truss’s U-turn on the top rate of tax, suggesting she thought the prime minister had fallen victim to a “coup” earlier this month. In a point of order in the Commons, Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, said: “This Tory government is falling apart at the seams. Her only modern rival for brevity in the role was Donald Somervell, who spent two months in the job in 1945 as part of Winston Churchill’s end-of-war caretaker government. There are also reports of major disputes about policy and we have had weeks of disagreements. One Tory MP said it seemed “very minor” and that most cabinet ministers had been guilty of the same thing. “Team Truss obviously handed her the revolver.” “She needs to thread the eye of a needle with the lights off, it’s that difficult,” he said. The security breach was met with raised eyebrows from some of Braverman’s backers. Braverman, in a brutal resignation letter that contrasted her actions with those of Truss, wrote: “Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can’t see that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. She spoke to Braverman in her Commons office, according to insiders. I have concerns about the direction of this government. “Special advisers and ministers, including the PM, have done much much worse,” they said.

The news comes at a hugely turbulent time for the UK government, with Prime Minister Liz Truss under pressure to resign just two months into her ...

In what could also be read as a message to the embattled prime minister, Braverman said: "The business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes. Braverman said she was concerned about the breaking of key pledges to voters, though did not specifically highlight the recent U-turn on fiscal policy, instead citing pledges to reduce overall migration numbers and small boat crossings to the U.K. Brought in in a bid to calm markets and project an image of stability, Hunt has provoked rumor of being more in control of government than Truss and even a potential successor. In her short time as home secretary, beginning with the Truss government on Sept. This, she said, "constitutes a technical infringement of the rules." Braverman ran against Truss for the Conservative leadership race this summer but was knocked out in an early stage.

Suella Braverman is understood to have departed as UK home secretary after Liz Truss cleared her diary and called off a planned visit amid desperate attempts to save her premiership, my colleagues Pippa Crerar and Peter Walker report.

She also says she has “serious concerns about this government’s commitment to honouring manifesto commitments”. He asked what could be done to ensure the government complied. She also says pretending not to have made a mistake “is not serious politics”. Braverman says she reported herself to the cabinet secretary over what she had did and is resigning because she holds herself “to the highest standards”. It has been reported that what she did broke the ministerial code, and Liz Truss has said she wants to enforce higher standards than her predecessor. MPs passed the Labour motion criticising the mini-budget by 223 votes to 0. In particular, she says she has concerns about the government’s commitment to reducing overall migration numbers. Braverman says she resigned because she sent an official government document to an MP and this was “a technical infringement of the rules”. But the Committee on Standards in Public Life has said that ministers should not always have to resign for breaches of the ministerial code, and this seems – on what we know so far – to be a relatively minor breach. (See 5.19pm.) He says it was a written ministerial statement due to be published tomorrow. I am prepared to face the consequences of my decision. He said this is because it is not a serious energy source.

Suella Braverman has criticised Liz Truss's “tumultuous” premiership as she quit as British home secretary, further imperilling the embattled prime ...

He added of a book which is being written about her: “Apparently it’s going to be out by Christmas. Meanwhile, Conservative MPs were defying a three-line whip to say they would not support the government’s amendment to the Labour motion on fracking. Ms Braverman, a former attorney general, admitted sending an “official document from my personal email” to a parliamentary colleague. Earlier in the day, Ms Truss insisted she was a “fighter, not a quitter” as more Tory MPs heaped pressure on her to resign. She acknowledged that constituted a “technical infringement of the rules”, but made clear of a major rift with Ms Truss in her resignation letter. – She faces a Tory rebellion on a Labour-led motion to ban fracking that is being seen as a “confidence motion” in her Government.

In a letter to British Prime Minister Liz Truss, Braverman said she was resigning after a “mistake” surrounding sending an official document from her personal ...

The only solution now is a general election so the public can get off this carousel of Conservative chaos.” I am going to get on with that serious role right now.” He told reporters: “There is a very important job to do. People expect their Government to ensure there is security for them. That’s why it’s a great honour to be appointed as Home Secretary today,” he said. I am obviously honoured to do that role. Braverman wrote in her letter that she “concerns about the direction of this government”. She said the document was a draft written ministerial statement and that although much of it had already been briefed to MPs, “nevertheless it is right for me to go”. She said she sent the email to a “trusted parliamentary colleague as part of policy engagement, and with the aim of garnering support for government policy on migration”. “This constitutes a technical infringement of the rules.” Grant Shapps said he is looking forward to getting on with the job as Home Secretary “regardless of what’s happening otherwise in Westminster”. She told Truss she was concerned about “the direction” of the British government.

It is understood the PM was advised that the ministerial code had been breached. Ms Braverman is the second cabinet minister to leave government during Liz ...

regardless of what is happening in Westminster". Speaking as he arrived at the Home Office to start work, Mr Shapps said it was a "great honour" to be home secretary and praised the work of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt but didn't mention the prime minister. In response, Ms Truss wrote she was "grateful" to Ms Braverman adding: "Your time in office has been marked by your steadfast commitment to keeping the British people safe."

Suella Braverman has resigned as home secretary after sending an official document to a parliamentary colleague using her personal email. · Dear Prime Minister, · It is with the greatest regret that I am choosing to tender my resignation.

I am very grateful to all of my officials, special advisers and ministerial team for all of their help during my time as Home Secretary. In even the brief time that I have been here, it has been very clear that there is much to do, in terms of delivering on the priorities of the British people. I especially would like to pay tribute to the heroic policemen and women and all those who work at Border Force and in our security services. You oversaw the largest ever ceremonial policing operation, when thousands of officers were deployed from forces across the United Kingdom to ensure the safety of the Royal Family and all those who gathered in mourning for Her Late Majesty The Queen. I have concerns about the direction of this government. As Home Secretary I hold myself to the highest standards and my resignation is the right thing to do.

Ms Braverman is a figure-head of the right in the party and the exit of a former Tory leadership candidate will create further challenges for Ms Truss as she ...

The Guardian, which first reported her departure, said that former transport secretary Grant Shapps, a major backer of Rishi Sunak for the Tory leadership and a critic of Ms Truss, was being lined up to succeed Ms Braverman. Ms Braverman, a former attorney general, only became home secretary on September 6th when Ms Truss brought her in to replace Priti Patel. Ms Braverman is a figure-head of the right in the party and the exit of a former Tory leadership candidate will create further challenges for Ms Truss as she struggles to maintain her grip on power.

Braverman says government relies on people taking 'responsibility for their mistakes.' BRITAIN-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT-CABINET. Britain's ...

“The prime minister is in a very, very difficult position, and this resignation doesn’t help at all. “Truss has written off the Conservative Party battle bus,” they said, via WhatsApp. Labour MPs are now calling for an inquiry after accusing a group of senior Truss ministers of physically “manhandling” Tory MPs — at least one of whom was reportedly in tears — into voting lobbies to support the government’s position. “The business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes,” Braverman wrote. “It’s over.” Two officials with knowledge of Braverman’s resignation blamed Tory MP Andrew Percy for reporting her to the party whips. No reason was given, but it followed anger from Tory MPs over anonymous briefings to the press from one of her supposed allies. Tory MPs have been demanding she offer ministerial positions to all wings of the party. but she still remains precarious, and I can’t see her leading us into a general election.” “As a Tory MP for 17 years … But a further blow came with reports that one of Truss’ longest-serving aides, Jason Stein, had been suspended from his Downing Street job. Anyone who hasn’t written one already will be writing one.”

The official release of letters by Downing Street between a prime minister and a resigning member of the cabinet usually offer only the sparsest glimpses of ...

Significantly shorter in length and far from gushing about Braverman’s performance as home secretary, Truss ensures that it is known the home secretary is stepping down squarely because of her breach of the ministerial code. I accept your resignation and respect the decision you have made. Saying there is “much to do” suggests she thinks Truss’s government has run out of road and is incapable of delivering on its promised priorities. Truss has recently said she takes responsibility for the chaos caused. She left herself little wriggle-room and wholly accepted the mistake. Not so with the outgoing home secretary,

AFTER SUELLA BRAVERMAN ended her bid for the Conservative Party leadership in July, she said she would back Liz Truss as leader because she would “unleash ...

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The resignation of a senior minister and anger over a vote on fracking pile even more pressure on the prime minister.

It's only happening because the Truss government messed things up more badly than anyone could have imagined.. something has to give". Former Brexit minister Lord David Frost - once an ally of Ms Truss - has written a piece in the Daily Telegraph calling on the prime minister to go. Many Conservatives have spoken out against bringing back fracking but they were told that the vote was being regarded as a vote of confidence in the prime minister and government. In her resignation letter, Ms Braverman acknowledged there had been "a technical infringement of the rules", adding: "I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility: I resign." She could decide the game is up - there is no indication, yet, that she is about to do that.