Rishi Sunak sparks first major row after reappointing Suella Braverman as Home Secretary days after she was sacked

RISHI Sunak sparked his first major row after reappointing Suella Braverman just days after she was sacked as Home Secretary for leaking top secret information.

The new PM was accused of putting "party before country" after sending her back to the Home Office just hours after promising to serve with "integrity" in No10.

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She returned to the top job just six days after Liz Truss dramatically sacked her for breaking strict security rules.

Ms Braverman landed herself in hot water when she tried to forward on a draft written ministerial statement about an upcoming immigration announcement to close ally, John Hayes.

But she mistakenly sent it to a parliamentary staffer of Andrew Percy MP, instead, and used her personal email to do it.

The PM was told she had broken the ministerial code twice and had to go.

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It came just hours after the pair had a huge bust-up over immigration rules, which the then-PM had been keen to relax in a bid to boost the economy.

Ms Braveman becomes the most senior woman in Rishi Sunak's new government after she threw her weight behind him at the weekend in a huge snub to Boris Johnson's campaign.

The former leadership contender, who decided not to run again this time, said she wanted to work with him to deliver the Rwanda policy and tackle small boat migration chaos.

She wrote as she backed Rishi for the top job, raising eyebrows the pair had struck a deal: "I am reassured that Rishi understands the enormity of these problems and will not shy away from making the hard decisions needed to fix them."

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But last night Labour accused the new PM of putting "party before country" in the controversial comeback.

Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper hit out: "He said he wants his Government to have 'integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level' yet he has just appointed Suella Braverman to be Home Secretary again a week after she resigned for breaches of the Ministerial Code, security lapses, sending sensitive Government information through unauthorised personal channels, and following weeks of non stop public disagreements with other Cabinet Ministers.

"Our national security and public safety are too important for this kind of chaos."

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