Suella Braverman's return to her role as home secretary has drawn criticism from opposition MPs and a former corruption watchdog, only days after she was forced to leave the same position due to a significant security violation.
The Fareham MP resigned from Liz Truss' administration six days ago after confessing to violating the ministerial code by sending a work-related email that was judged "sensitive" from her account.
She was reappointed on Tuesday, only hours after Rishi Sunak vowed on the steps of No. 10 to "lead the Conservative party with honesty, professionalism, and responsibility."
Alistair Graham, the former chair of the committee on standards in public life, said: “Normally the prime minister would have consulted a ministerial adviser for advice. A breach of the ministerial code is seen as a serious matter and would make any minister an inappropriate appointment to one of the four most senior positions in government.”
An ex-sleaze watchdog questioned if Braverman's reappointment was proper, especially because an ethics adviser has not looked into her rule violation.
After barely a few hours as prime minister, Sunak was already putting the party above the nation, according to Labour home secretary Yvette Cooper.
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The couple's children, George and Gabriella, were born in 2019 and 2021 after Suella, a shortened version of Sue-Ellen, wed Rael Braverman in the Commons in 2018.
Her parents, who are from Kenya and Mauritius, raised her in the adjacent Wembley neighbourhood of northwest London where she was born. Her mother stood for office as an MP while working as an NHS nurse and Tory councilwoman.
She was a junior Brexit minister who left her position in opposition to Theresa May's EU agreement. She is a licenced barrister and was appointed attorney general by Boris Johnson in 2020, serving as the government's top legal counsel.
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