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OPINION - The Standard View: Speeding row catches up with Suella Braverman

While playing the role of statesman at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, shaking hands and signing agreements with fellow world leaders, the Prime Minister has been forced to address the matter of his Home Secretary and a speeding ticket.

Suella Braverman faces questions over claims that she asked civil servants to arrange a private speed awareness course, which may have breached the ministerial code. Consequently, Rishi Sunak is set to meet with his ethics adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, over whether to launch an investigation. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has already stated that Braverman should quit if she is found to have breached the ministerial code.

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