Suella Braverman Resigns as Home Secretary

Suella Braverman resigned after spending just 43 days as UK Home Secretary.

The former Home Secretary left her position after sending an official document from her personal email in a breach of the government security rules. 

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss cleared her diary and called off a planned visit amid desperate attempts to save her premiership.

No 10 denied that Braverman had been sacked but did not respond to requests for clarification about the nature of her departure.

The outgoing home secretary says she is resigning with the greatest regret:

"Earlier today, I sent an official document from my personal 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. As you know, the document was a draft Written Ministerial Statement about migration, due for publication imminently. Much of it had already been briefed to MPs. Nevertheless it is right for me to go.

"As soon as I realised my mistake, I rapidly reported this on official channels, and informed the Cabinet Secretary. As Home Secretary I hold myself to the highest standards and my resignation is the right thing to do.

"The business of the government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes.

"Pretending we haven't made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can't sce that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign.

Grant Shapps will most likely replace Braverman in another sudden revamp of Truss’s government.