Downing Street has confirmed that Grant Shapps has been appointed Home Secretary.
He replaces S uella Braverman who resigned as Home Secretary after admitting she had made a "technical infringement" of the rules by sending an official document from a personal email. In a letter to Prime Minister Liz Truss, she said she was "now taking responsibility" for her mistake.
She wrote: "I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign. The business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes.
