Suella Braverman Sacked After Police Remarks as Rishi Sunak Reshuffles Cabinet

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been asked to leave the government in the wake of her criticism of the Metropolitan Police over the Palestinian protests.

Britain's former Prime Minister, David Cameron, leaves 10, Downing Street after being appointed Foreign Secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle in London on Nov. 13, 2023. Carl Court/Getty Images

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been sacked by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after she criticised the police’s handling of recent pro-Palestinian protests in a newspaper article which Downing Street had not authorised.

She has been replaced by James Cleverly, the former Foreign Secretary, whose old job has been given to former Prime Minister David Cameron, who will be given a peerage.