Skip to content 
Search

Latest Stories

Suella Braverman admits using private email for official documents six times

‘None of the documents in question concerned national security, intelligence agency or cyber security matters, and did not pose any risk to national security,’ Braverman said.

Suella Braverman admits using private email for official documents six times

British home secretary Suella Braverman admitted Monday that she had used her personal phone for official documents six times - after being forced to resign over one lapse.

Braverman, who is in charge of policing and domestic intelligence, has been under mounting fire since Prime Minister Rishi Sunak controversially reinstated her to the cabinet on taking office last week.


She was due to speak in parliament later Monday for the first time since being forced out by then prime minister Liz Truss - as another scandal intensifies over the government's treatment of cross-Channel migrants.

Conservative MP Roger Gale accused the Home Office of "deliberately" allowing squalid conditions including an outbreak of disease to fester at one overcrowded detention facility in Manston, southeast England.

Sunak's official spokesman denied Gale's allegation, which added to criticism that Braverman's hardline rhetoric on illegal migrants is translating into cruelty on the ground.

The prime minister retains full confidence in Braverman, the spokesman added after she divulged new details about events leading up to her resignation on October 19 - the day before Truss announced her own resignation.

In a letter to the House of Commons home affairs committee, Braverman said she had sent government documents to her personal email address six times in total.

But she denied any of the documents were classified, and said on occasion she had been using her government phone for virtual meetings, so had used her personal phone to consult the documents at the same time.

"None of the documents in question concerned national security, intelligence agency or cyber security matters, and did not pose any risk to national security," Braverman said.

The sixth lapse was when she sent the draft of a ministerial statement on illegal immigration to a close Conservative ally in the Commons, forcing her resignation for breaching the government's "ministerial code".

The timeline set out in the letter about the sixth lapse appeared to contradict Braverman's claims that she "immediately" informed officials when she realised her error.

Opposition parties have accused Braverman of being a security risk -- and raised questions about Sunak's judgement in reappointing her, shortly after she vowed to back him in the Conservative party's leadership contest.

Senior Liberal Democrat MP Wendy Chamberlain said the home secretary "has admitted breaking the rules on an industrial scale" and "must resign now".

(AFP)

More For You

Court to review teen's sentence in Bhim Kohli case
Bhim Kohli

Court to review teen's sentence in Bhim Kohli case

THE seven-year prison sentence handed to a 15-year-old boy convicted of the manslaughter of 80-year-old Bhim Sen Kohli is to be reviewed under the UK’s Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme.

The Attorney General’s Office confirmed on Friday (5) that the teenager’s sentence will now be considered by the Court of Appeal.

Keep ReadingShow less
Dalai Lama hopes to live 'beyond 130 years'

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a prayer meet held for his long life at the Dalai Lama temple in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, July 5, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Dalai Lama hopes to live 'beyond 130 years'

THE Dalai Lama said on Saturday (5) he hopes to live until he is more than 130 years old, two decades longer than his previous prediction, following his assurance to followers that he would reincarnate as the spiritual head of the faith upon his death.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner was speaking during a ceremony organised by his followers to offer prayers for his long life, ahead of his 90th birthday on Sunday (6), and as China insists it will choose his successor. The Dalai Lama told Reuters in December he might live to 110.

Keep ReadingShow less
UK heatwave by mid-July

Daytime temperatures meeting or exceeding set thresholds of 25°C

iStock

Met Office warns of potential third UK heatwave by mid-July

Key points

  • Met Office forecasts rising temperatures by mid-July
  • Possible third heatwave after record-breaking June
  • High pressure system likely to bring hot air from the Atlantic
  • Yellow rain warning and flood alerts issued in parts of Scotland and Cumbria

Possible heatwave to return by mid-July

The UK could experience its third heatwave in a month by mid-July, the Met Office has said. Forecasters expect rising heat and humidity during the second weekend of July, following two weekends of unusually warm weather in late June.

June was officially the hottest on record in England, and the return of high temperatures could mean another heatwave for parts of the country. However, the Met Office cautioned that it is too early to confirm how hot conditions will get.

Keep ReadingShow less
crypto

Two men have been jailed for defrauding investors of £1.5 million through a fake crypto investment scheme. (Representational image: iStock)

iStock

Two jailed over £1.5m crypto investment scam

TWO people who duped investors of £1.5 million by selling fake investments in crypto have been jailed for 12 years, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said.

Raymondip Bedi, of Bromley, and Patrick Mavanga, of Peckham, conned at least 65 people by cold-calling them between February 2017 and June 2019. They operated companies including CCX Capital and Astaria Group LLP.

Keep ReadingShow less
Manchester Police probes over 1,000 child sexual abuse suspects

Photo for representation. (iStock)

Getty Images/iStockphoto

Manchester Police probes over 1,000 child sexual abuse suspects

GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE is now investigating more than 1,000 child sexual abuse suspects, following years of public criticism and institutional failings in tackling child sexual exploitation.

A new report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has revealed the force has made “significant improvements” in dealing with group-based sexual abuse and related crimes.

Keep ReadingShow less