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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti, Rajeev Syal and Jamie Grierson

Labour refers Suella Braverman to financial watchdog over email leak

Suella Braverman
Braverman confirmed that she had forwarded a draft statement about the launch of growth visas to a backbench MP and another colleague’s parliamentary staffer. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Suella Braverman has been referred to the financial service watchdog by Labour over claims she may have breached market abuse laws, as the home secretary also faced growing criticism for her “car crash” handling of a migrant processing facility in Kent.

Fresh questions were raised about the “growth visas” announcement Braverman sent to several figures outside the government that led to her sacking nearly two weeks ago, with one Conservative MP openly saying they did not “accept or trust this home secretary’s word”.

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