Britain’s Suella Braverman resigned as home secretary on Wednesday, saying she had to go after she breached government rules but had concerns about the direction of Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government.
The second senior minister to leave the government in less than a week, Braverman’s departure has piled more pressure on Truss as she battles to hold on to power just over six weeks after entering Downing Street.
Braverman said in a letter to Truss posted on Twitter, “I have made a mistake, I accept responsibility; I resign,”.
She said she had sent an official document from her personal email to a parliamentary colleague, adding that it had been identified as “a technical infringement of the rules” and that it was, therefore “right for me to go”.
Later on the day, Prime Minister Liz Truss said she respected Braverman’s decision and accepted his resignation.
