home secretary suella braverman has been sacked as home secretary. the prime minister, rishi sunak, asked her to leave the government and is conducting a ministerial reshuffle. he s been under pressure to sack ms braverman, after a weekend in which she s been accused of emboldening far right activists who carried out violence on the streets of london. these are the latest pictures of ms braverman as she left for work this morning, amid speculation over herjob. the opposition labour party has accused her of stoking tensions this weekend, by claiming the police were biased. it comes as the government is understood to be looking seriously at plans to change protest laws in the wake of weekly pro palestinian marches. this is a reminder of the breaking news this morning. prime minister rishi sunak has sacked his home secretary suella braverman. this comes after comments she made about the protests happening in london. we can go live to our political editor chris mason now. bring u
of that? one thing the return of david cameron does not - of that? one thing the return of david cameron does not signall of that? one thing the return ofl david cameron does not signal is change. you can t fix the problems rishi sunak is facing with personnel changes. you can only fix them with policy changes and the tory party can t do that. the only way to get real change is to get rid of the tory government, have a general election and have a new labour government in its place. flat government in its place. pat mcfadden. government in its place. pat mcfadden, the government in its place. pat mcfadden, the shadow cabinet office minister who is going to be running the labour party s general election campaign. every time i say goodbye to henry, someone leaves! we are timing it badly. henry zeffman, chief political correspondent is still with us. we saw laura trott leaving and she s been confirmed as the new chief secretary to the treasury. quite an importantjob, especial
was rushed through to allow it. she never hid her ambition, though, for the topjob. asked if she would run for leader here before her boss had actually resigned. i ll be straight with you, robert, yes, iwill. in the resulting contest, she came sixth, but suspicions swirled that her punchy style was, in part, but setting the ground for another run. it s the guardian reading, tofu eating, wokerati, dare i say, anti growth coalition that we have to thank for the disruption that we are seeing on our roads today. for now, suella braverman will return to the backbenches. it seems unlikely, though, that she ll do it quietly. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. helen catt reporting. i have been looking at our live page and our political editor chris mason has been sharing his thoughts on this morning in westminster. he says as moments go in politics as corr blimey moments go. he says it is not unprecedented for the foreign secretary to be someone in the house of lords. but the retu
coalition that we have to thank for the disruption we are seeing on our roads today. for the disruption we are seeing on our roads today- roads today. for now, suella braverman roads today. for now, suella braverman will roads today. for now, suella braverman will return - roads today. for now, suella braverman will return to - roads today. for now, suella braverman will return to the | braverman will return to the backbenches. it seems unlikely, though, she ll do it quietly. helen catt, news, westminster. a day of big moves in westminster, notjust a day of big moves in westminster, not just the departure a day of big moves in westminster, notjust the departure of suella braverman, but david cameron back in front line politics as foreign secretary and home secretary is now james cleverly. they have been a number of other notable moves, not least the departure of steve barclay from the health brief, that s been taken by victoria atkins, and i m joined by our health editor