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Suella Braverman resigns as home secretary Grants Shapps replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary
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Suella Braverman has resigned as home secretary after sending an official document to a parliamentary colleague using her personal email. Grant Shapps has replaced Suella Braverman as home secretary, six weeks after being fired as transport secretary by Liz Truss.
Ms Braverman acknowledged this was a "technical infringement" of rules. Ms Braverman quit over two data breaches but launched an attack on Ms Truss's premiership in her resignation letter.
She said people should accept responsibility for mistakes and added - in what will be seen as criticism of the PM - "pretending we haven't made mistakes... is not serious politics. She accused the government of breaking "key pledges" and of "pretending we haven't made mistakes".
She also used her resignation letter to attack Liz Truss's policies. Labour said the government was "falling apart at the seams".
Writing to Ms Truss, she said: "I have concerns about the direction of this government. 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.
"Not only have we broken key pledges that were promised to our voters, but I have had serious concerns about this government's commitment to honouring manifesto commitments, such as reducing overall migration numbers and stopping illegal migration, particularly the dangerous small boats crossings." "I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign," she told the PM in her letter.
She added: "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.
"It is obvious to everyone that we are going through a tumultuous time."
Mr Shapps has said he was fired by Ms Truss when she became PM because although he was an "effective" minister he had not supported her in the Tory leadership contest.
A veteran of successive Tory cabinets, and a former Conservative Party chairman, Mr Shapps is seen as being on the centre right of the party and was a supporter of former Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
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Ms Braverman is the second minister to leave government during Ms Truss's premiership. The BBC has been told the cabinet secretary informed the prime minister there had been two breaches of the ministerial code by Ms Braverman.
The first related to the use of a personal email account and the second to the sending of a government document to someone not authorised to receive it.
Whilst the information did not amount to a breach of national security it was potentially market sensitive as it did contain government policy.
Ms Braverman is the second minister to leave government during Ms Truss's premiership, after Kwasi Kwarteng stepped down as chancellor last week.
Her departure adds further chaos to the week for the prime minister, at a time when Downing Street was desperate to show unity and stability in government.Her departure adds further chaos to the week for the prime minister, at a time when Downing Street was desperate to show unity and stability in government.
Ms Braverman was firmly on the right of the party, and her resignation may well trigger further upset from some of her political allies, such as those MPs who backed her to be the Tory leader.Ms Braverman was firmly on the right of the party, and her resignation may well trigger further upset from some of her political allies, such as those MPs who backed her to be the Tory leader.
Her replacement, however, could be another opportunity for Ms Truss to try and bring in someone who is not a natural political ally to shore up her support. She becomes the shortest serving home secretary since World War Two, having been in the job for only 43 days.
Ms Braverman becomes the shortest serving home secretary since World War Two, having been in the job for only 43 days. Responding to her resignation, Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the government was "falling apart", adding: "To appoint and then sack both your home secretary and chancellor within six weeks is utter chaos."
Responding to her resignation, Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the government was "falling apart adding: "To appoint and then sack both your home secretary and chancellor within six weeks is utter chaos."
The Liberal Democrats Alistair Carmichael said: "The only solution now is a General Election so the public can get off this carousel of Conservative chaos."The Liberal Democrats Alistair Carmichael said: "The only solution now is a General Election so the public can get off this carousel of Conservative chaos."