British Home Secretary Suella Braverman is said to have tried, with the help of government officials, to avoid a speeding penalty. The opposition demands an investigation.
According to a newspaper report, British Home Secretary Suella Braverman tried to stop a speeding ticket with the help of government officials. The arch-conservative politician asked for private retraining to avoid pay, wrote the Sunday Times. The push failed. The Interior Ministry said the 43-year-old politician had paid the fine and accepted three stitches after the incident in the summer of 2022.
The opposition is calling for an investigation into whether Braverman broke ministerial rules. “The Prime Minister has promised integrity, professionalism and accountability, but it appears that his Home Secretary is blatantly disregarding these three points,” said Yvette Cooper of the Labor Party.
Braverman did not initially receive explicit support from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He doesn’t know all the details, nor has he spoken to her, Sunak said on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima. “As I understand it, she regretted the speeding, accepted the penalty and paid the fine,” Sunak said. A government spokeswoman later emphasized that the prime minister trusted Braverman.
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Sunak had appointed Braverman as Home Secretary in the autumn. She had resigned from her post just a few days earlier – still under Prime Minister Liz Truss – because she had forwarded an official document with her private email address, contrary to ministerial rules. Braverman is considered one of the main right-wing forces in the Conservative Party, which is gaining more and more influence with nationalist slogans.