UK interior minister resigns

The second senior minister to leave the government in less than a week, Braverman’s departure heaps yet more pressure on Truss as she fights to stay in power just over six weeks after she entered Downing Street. “I have made a mistake, I accept responsibility; I resign,” Braverman said in a letter to Truss posted on Twitter. She said she had sent an official document from her personal email to a parliamentary colleague, adding that this marked “a technical infringement of the rules” and that it was therefore “right for me to go”.

Braverman served as an Attorney General from 2020 to 2022 and was elected to the UK Parliament from Fairham during that same time period. Under former Prime Minister Theresa May, Braverman worked in the Brexit department as a junior minister but she resigned in protest over May’s proposed Brexit deal.

Braverman’s resignation is a blow to the UK government, which is already facing criticism over its handling of Brexit. Braverman was a key member of the government’s legal team during the Brexit negotiations, and her resignation will be seen as a further setback for the government.

Who is Suella Braverman?

Braverman, 42, is a prominent Conservative leader and lawyer who was elected as the MP for Fairham in 2015. She served as the Attorney General for England and Wales from 2020 to 2022, during which time she was a key figure in campaigning for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Braverman served as a junior minister in the Brexit department under former Prime Minister Theresa May, but resigned in protest at May’s proposed Brexit deal – saying that it did not go far enough in severing ties with the EU.

On Tuesday, Braverman said the UK had been ‘profoundly enriched by immigration from India’ in an attempt to do damage control. As for India, it has processed every complaint regarding visa overstaying in a timely and efficient manner.