UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure as both opposition and Conservative MPs question his decision to reappoint Suella Braverman as home secretary just six days after she was forced to resign by Liz Truss over a security breach.
Braverman resigned as UK home secretary on Oct. 19 after she was caught sending a backbench Conservative MP a sensitive document from a personal email account, breaching the ministerial code.
But hours after Sunak replaced Truss as prime minister on Oct. 25, he reappointed her as home secretary.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak waves to members of the media after taking office outside Number 10 in Downing Street, London, on Oct. 25, 2022. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused Sunak of doing “a grubby deal trading national security” in order to buy her support in the Tory leadership election….