Sunday roundup: Gove backs Braverman

Michael Gove – Suella Braverman ‘is the right person’ to be Home Secretary

Suella Braverman’s return to the government benches has become a lightning rod for criticism of Rishi Sunak’s new administration. She had been sacked only a few days prior to her reappointment, thanks to her sending an email containing sensitive information to the wrong person. Michael Gove, who has himself made a comeback as the Levelling Up Secretary, defended Braverman when challenged by Laura Kuenssberg, who was keen to share an inconvenient follow-up email:

Braverman ‘did not ignore legal advice’

Sophy Ridge was also keen to raise the issue of immigration, especially relating to the Manston Processing Centre in Kent. Gove professed Braverman to be a ‘first-rate, front-rank politician’, and dismissed the charge that she had ignored legal advice:

‘I’m sure more information will be released’ over Liz Truss phone hack

Ridge also asked Gove to address a scoop by the Mail on Sunday which claimed Truss’s phone was hacked while she was serving as foreign secretary, in an attack probably orchestrated by the Kremlin:

Yvette Cooper – Phone hack raises ‘serious questions’ over national security

Ridge also spoke to shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper about the alleged phone hack:

Jeffery Donaldson – An election won’t take us closer to a solution

Sky’s David Blevins spoke to the Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffery Donaldson.