Suella Braverman out as Home Secretary

Just as it seemed a brief calm was emerging in the Tory party, the Prime Minister has lost her Home Secretary. Suella Braverman has left her role with Grant Shapps brought in to replace her. The circumstances of her departure are shrouded in mystery for now – but government sources suggest this is not a simple resignation.

There has been friction between Braverman and No. 10 in recent weeks: at Tory conference, Braverman said a ‘coup’ had taken place when Truss was forced to abandon her 45p tax cut – and she is understood to have felt that Jeremy Hunt’s appointment proved she was right in her controversial choice of word. She was also at odds with Truss over immigration: she wants a big crackdown and Truss was more relaxed, even ready to throw visas in to new trade deals.

But the eventual cause of Braverman’s departure was – we’re told – something else entirely.