The Latest Breaking News from Suella Braverman

No champagne at Tory conference, but Michael Gove parties on

Rishi Sunak attacked Keir Starmer at a 1922 Committee event to open conference

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023

Jeremy Hunt distances himself from Suella Braverman after asylum speech backlash

Suella Braverman called for an overhaul of the UN Refugee Convention, arguing it had become far too generous to migrants

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

Hunt distances himself from Braverman’s migration speech

The Chancellor said he ‘wouldn’t use her words’ as he defended allowing skilled foreign workers into the UK.

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

Gove and Badenoch back keeping open option of quitting human rights convention

The possibility of leaving the convention was being aired as ministers struggle to meet their promise to ‘stop the boats’.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Braverman’s migration comments may have been ‘to get attention,’ claims Priti Patel

Suella Braverman previously said that some refugees claim to be gay to game the asylum system and that multiculturalism had failed which sparked an uproar from some MPs

Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2023

Patel urges Braverman to deliver small boats pledge as she takes aim at speech

The senior Conservative appeared to criticise the Home Secretary for arguing that multiculturalism has ‘failed’ in Britain.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Nine boats carrying 537 people intercepted crossing English Channel

It brings the total for the year to 24,830.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Suella Braverman’s bigoted attack on multiculturalism shouldn’t blind us to its problems

To some, it’s a celebration of diversity, to others, the creation of barriers. We need to be honest about the issues facing our communities

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023

Suella Braverman’s immigration plans are ‘absolutely wrong’, Rwandan ambassador claims

Johnston Busingye said it was ‘immoral for [Britain] to still see themselves as the refugee country’

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Rishi Sunak claims putting reducing inflation ahead of tax cuts Thatcherite and ‘deeply Conservative’ – as it happened

Prime minister says ‘the best tax cut we can give is to cut inflation’ after Michael Gove says taxes should be cut before general election

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023