Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman has resigned in the latest blow to Prime Minister Liz Truss's fledgling government.
Ms Braverman, who was appointed into the role on September 6, quit after breaching the ministerial code by sending an official document from her personal email.
She is the second senior cabinet member to quit the Truss government in the past week, after Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng stepped down last Friday.
"Earlier today, I sent an official document from my personal email to a trusted parliamentary colleague as part of policy engagement, and with the aim of garnering support for government policy on migration," Ms Braverman wrote in her resignation letter to Ms Truss.
"This constitutes a technical infringement of the rules.
"I have made a mistake, I accept responsibility; I resign."
Former transport minister Grant Shapps – a backer of Ms Truss's leadership rival Rishi Sunak – will replace Ms Braverman as Britain's third home secretary in as many months.
Ms Truss said she was "grateful" for Ms Braverman's service and respected her decision to resign.
"It is important the ministerial code is upheld and that cabinet confidentiality is respected," Ms Truss wrote in response to the resignation.
Braverman had 'serious concerns' over government
In her resignation letter Ms Braverman, 42, took a thinly-veiled swipe at Ms Truss's government, which has been plagued since the release of a disastrous mini-budget that caused significant turmoil in the financial markets.
Ms Braverman said she had "serious concerns" about the government's ability to honour commitments it made to voters at the last election.
"Not only have we broken key pledges that were promised to our voters, but I have had serious concerns about this government's commitment to honouring manifesto commitments, such as reducing overall migration numbers and stopping illegal migration, particularly the dangerous small boats crossings," she wrote.
"It has been a great honour to serve at the Home Office.
"In even the brief time that I have been here, it has been very clear that there is much to do, in terms of delivering on the priorities of the British people."
Kwasi Kwarteng voluntarily stepped down last Friday after being asked to resign by the Prime Minister over their mini-budget and was replaced by former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt — another Sunak backer.
Mr Hunt promptly set about reversing most of the economic package announced by the government, including a planned cut to income tax.
Yvette Cooper, Labour's shadow home secretary, said the government "was falling apart at the seams".
"To appoint and then sack both your home secretary and chancellor within six weeks is utter chaos," she tweeted.
"We need an urgent statement from the prime minister.
"Home affairs, security and public safety are too important for this kind of chaos."
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