Suella Braverman

2022 - 10 - 25

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Suella Braverman back as home secretary after resigning (BBC News)

The Cabinet minister resigned six days ago under former PM Liz Truss, after admitting two data breaches.

"I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign," she told the PM in her letter, in a thinly-veiled dig at Ms Truss. In her resignation letter last week, Ms Braverman said she had made a "technical infringement" of the rules by sending an official document from a personal email and was now taking responsibility. Ms Braverman threw her support behind Mr Sunak in the contest to replace Ms Truss, in what was widely seen as a significant endorsement by an MP on the right-wing of the Tory party.

Suella Braverman 'amps up cruelty' of Rishi Sunak's cabinet as ... (The Independent)

Refugee charities say they will fight home secretary's 'dream' of seeing asylum seekers forced to Rwanda.

“We need safe and legal routes, not deportation flights to foreign countries. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) Steve Cranshaw, the director of policy and advocacy, said: “Rishi Sunak promised a fresh start from the huge mistakes made by Liz Truss during her short time in office. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. Mr Sunak issued a 10-point plan including a pledge to “reform our broken asylum laws”, including by “tightening our definition of who qualifies for asylum in the UK” and enhanced powers to “detain, tag, and monitor illegal migrants”. [asylum seekers](/topic/asylum-seekers-0) to Rwanda was her “dream” and “obsession”. The new prime minister has vowed to “make the Rwanda policy work” and stop irregular Channel crossings. [ operation of human rights and modern slavery laws in relation to asylum claims](/news/uk/home-news/modern-slavery-laws-braverman-migrants-b2202679.html) - as she views them as a bar to the implementation of the Rwanda deal and deportations. [attached to plane seats after self-harming and threatening suicide.](/news/uk/home-news/rwanda-flight-self-harm-suicide-b2158661.html) [Rwanda](/topic/rwanda) deal as her [“dream and obsession”.](/news/uk/politics/suella-braverman-rwanda-dream-obsession-b2195296.html) “Mr Braverman’s policies amped up the cruelty of this government’s anti-refugee rhetoric to eleven and it seems unlikely she will show any more humanity during her second stint as home secretary.” [Rishi Sunak](/topic/rishi-sunak) of “amping up the cruelty” of his new cabinet after reinstating [Suella Braverman](/topic/suella-braverman) as home secretary.

'She has apologised': Minister defends reappointment of Suella ... (Evening Standard)

James Cleverly dismissed suggestion that Home Secretary's support for Mr Sunak led to her being given back her job.

She has enjoyed a rapid rise through the party, running in the last leadership race to replace Mr Johnson with a promise of "rapid and large tax cuts" and saying she would suspend net-zero targets to deal with the energy crisis and pull the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights. Ms Braverman is a controversial figure and raised eyebrows as Home Secretary when she accused opposition parties of being a "coalition of chaos" during a debate in Parliament on the Public Order Bill. Mr Braverman, a senior figure on the Tory Right, is seen to have been a crucial backer for Mr Sunak as he and Boris Johnson were still locked in a race for the Tory leadership and to be the next Prime Minister. “She has apologised for that and the Prime Minister has clearly taken the apology in the manner that she wanted to put across. [Home Office](/topic/home-office) a week ago after a breach of the ministerial code by sending a ministerial paper from a personal email to a colleague as she was embroiled in a row with then premier Liz Truss over immigration. [Suella Braverman](/topic/suella-braverman) as [Home Secretary](/topic/home-secretary) on the grounds that she had apologised for a mistake which forced her to resign from the same post just days ago.

James Cleverly defends Suella Braverman's return after security ... (The Guardian)

Foreign secretary dismisses concerns, saying 'Suella made a mistake and she has apologised'

Alistair Graham told the Guardian: “Normally, the prime minister would have consulted a ministerial adviser for advice. The former Downing Street chief of staff Gavin Barwell has said he would not have given Braverman the role. Asked if her reappointment undermined Sunak’s claim to be a prime minister of integrity, Barwell told Today: “I can entirely understand why he wanted to include her. “Suella made a mistake and she has apologised for that mistake,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Sunak, the new prime minister, appointed Braverman as home secretary in his first cabinet this week. According to a Sunday Times report, Braverman had not been entirely forthcoming when initially confronted about her actions.

Rishi Sunak to face first PMQs as Suella Braverman reappointment ... (The Guardian)

Latest updates: new prime minister to go head to head with Keir Starmer for the first time.

That date was set by the previous prime minister in the anticipation that she would be able to work throughout this period of time on that with the chancellor. will want to spend time with his chancellor working through the plans to make sure that they fit with the priorities that he has set out as prime minister. “The fact that the targets of lobbying activity are not identified on the register feels like a significant gap,” it says. Names hopefully floated around as the reshuffle took place included George Eustice, the former secretary of state under Boris Johnson, and Victoria Prentis, a former minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) who is popular in the farming sector. He also told the Guardian that it would “definitely enhance transparency” if contact between consultant lobbyists and special advisers was brought under the regime. Now we have a new prime minister and the prospect of much longer-term stability for the economy and the country. He understands the reasons for doing that, and I’ll continue to work very closely with him. It’s also extremely important that that statement is based on the most accurate possible economic forecasts and forecasts of public finances. I want to confirm that it will demonstrate debt falling over the medium term, which is very important for people to understand. The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has confirmed that his fiscal statement has been postponed to 17 November. His record in office is already a serious cause for concern for what’s on the horizon for struggling families and businesses. Her statement could signal hope that she is moving away from divisive policies such as scrapping nature-friendly farming incentives, banning solar farms and attacking the RSPB.

Who is Suella Braverman? Home secretary who returned to cabinet ... (The Independent)

Suella Braverman has made a contentious return to cabinet after she was re-appointed home secretary by prime minister Rishi Sunak.

She was welcomed back by Mr Sunak in his first cabinet appointments as prime minister. “This country has afforded me incredible opportunities in education and in my career. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) Her father worked for a housing association and her mother was a nurse turned councillor in Brent. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. [accused Mr Sunak of striking a “grubby deal” with Ms Braverman, ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-cabinet-appointments-lectern-pmqs-today-b2210643.html)amid rumours that Ms Braverman made getting her home secretary job back a condition of her endorsement of Mr Sunak in the leadership race. [James Cleverly](/topic/james-cleverly) has been forced to defend the appointment to the media, saying that Ms Braverman has a “very clear agenda” that the prime minister wants to see delivered. A host of other candidates quickly declared and Ms Braverman quickly found herself out of the running, but she certainly had her supporters on the right of the party, drawn to her passionate support for Brexit and willingness to swing an axe in the culture wars, readily denouncing “woke nonsense” at every opportunity. She maintained the empire had been a “force for good”, and called on schools not to “pander” to trans children, citing her admiration for Harry Potter author JK Rowling, whom she called a “heroine” for her stance on the issue. [Rwanda](/topic/rwanda), Ms Braverman responded by saying that it was “time to complete Brexit and let the British people decide who can and cannot stay in our country”, stating her “significant reservations” about what she derisively called the ongoing influence of the “Strasbourg Court”. [“a child of the British Empire”](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/teachers-should-not-pander-to-trans-pupils-says-suella-braverman-2qfgj70rv). [Brexit](/topic/brexit) referendum, she became chair of the right-wing [European Research Group](/topic/european-research-group) within the Conservative Party, before her promotion to parliamentary private secretary to the Treasury saw her replaced by [Jacob Rees-Mogg](/topic/jacob-rees-mogg).