UK’s Sunak keeps options open on Home Secretary Braverman’s future after speeding claims
- Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has faced questions over the conduct of his interior minister Suella Braverman
- Report said Braverman asked civil servants to arrange for her penalty driving course for speeding to be done in private
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested he would seek answers after a newspaper report that Home Secretary Suella Braverman sought civil servants’ help to deal with the fallout from a speeding ticket last year.
Speaking at a press conference at the G7 summit in Japan, Sunak kept his options open on Braverman’s political future. “I don’t know the full details of what’s happened, nor I have I spoken to the home secretary,” the British prime minister said when asked if he still backed her.
A Downing Street spokeswoman later said Sunak still had confidence in Braverman.
“Ms Braverman accepts that she was speeding last summer and regrets doing so,” a spokesman for the Home Secretary said. “She took the three points and paid the fine last year.”
Sunak will speak with his independent ethics adviser regarding the speeding fine when he returns to London, Sky News reported on Sunday evening.
Ministers are barred from using civil servants to help with their personal affairs. Braverman, 43, oversees law enforcement and is a prominent figure among the ruling Conservative Party’s populist right.