Braverman admits to mailing government information to personal email six times

In the letter, Ms Braverman says the information related to a written ministerial statement outlining immigration policy.

She says the information would “outline the government’s position” – and allow the OBR to incorporate the position into their forecasts.

The information was sent to Tory MP Sir John Hayes, with Ms Braverman saying she “intended to copy his secretary’s parliamentary email address” but she put the wrong email in. The information instead went to the secretary of a different MP.

According to Ms Braverman,

Suella Braverman has written to the House of Commons’ Home Affairs Select Committee to explain how she sent government information to a backbench MP.

This action prompted Ms Braverman to resign as home secretary, only to be reappointed six days later (last week, upon Rishi Sunak becoming PM).

Ms Braverman also admitted to sending work emails to her personal address on six occasions, in violation of the ministerial code.

had “specifically requested” that the policy be discussed with “parliamentary colleagues”.

The home secretary also gave her a timeline of events as she saw them on the day in question.

She said it started with getting up at 4 am to go on a police raid, before travelling two hours by car to the Home Office.

It was during this journey that Ms Braverman sent the email in question from her personal phone as she did not have her work phone with her.

Following a morning of meetings, Ms Braverman says when she realised she had sent the email to a staffer of MP Andrew Percy by accident, she “decided to inform my officials as soon as practicable”.

But before informing the civil service, Ms Braverman bumped into the chief whip and Mr Percy – a meeting during which Mr Percy raised his concerns.

After this meeting, Ms Braverman asked a special adviser to tell the private secretary what happened.