RISHI Sunak will meet with his ethics adviser TODAY amid pressure to launch a probe into Suella Braverman’s speeding “cover up”.
Sir Laurie Magnus will advise the PM over whether the embattled Home Secretary should be investigated for a potential breach of the ministerial code.
Embattled Home Secretary Suella Braverman leaves her home this morning ahead of a make or break day for her Cabinet career
Ms Braverman is facing questions after it was revealed she asked civil servants to set her up a private speed awareness course — rather than do one with members of the public.
The Home Secretary was reportedly caught speeding on a road outside London last year while serving as attorney general.
After civil servants said they couldn’t help, and political aides couldn’t intervene, she took the fine and three licence points.
Ministers are banned from asking officials to help them with personal matters.
Allies of Ms Braverman — who will face the Commons over the affair today — described the row as a “political witch-hunt” and insisted all was above board.
But opposition MPs and some Tories say an investigation is needed to clear the air.
Mr Sunak, who arrived in London at 3am today following a 5-day trip to Japan for the G7 summit, should make a decision later this afternoon.
This morning Sir Keir Starmer insisted Ms Braverman should quit if she’s found to have broken the ministerial code.
The Labour leader told Good Morning Britain: “I don’t know all the facts but it looks to me as though the Home Secretary’s actions were inappropriate and they should be investigated.
“I think if she’s breached the ministerial code she should go … in the end it’s the ministerial code that matters.”
Former Tory chairman Jake Berry said the Home Secretary has “questions to answer”.
But other MPs rushed to her defence and decried the matter as an attack on the Conservative right.
Miriam Cates said: “Suella has done nothing wrong.
“Around 1.5 million people take speed awareness courses every year so it’s hardly a news story. In smearing the Home Secretary like this, someone is clearly seeking to play the man not the ball.
“It’s underhand and undermines democracy.”
Ms Braverman is already facing pressure over net migration, with figures out this week expected to hit around 1 million.
And Labour MPs have raised concerns over a report that the Home Secretary’s aide denied she ever received a fine for speeding.
A spokesman for Ms Braverman said she regretted speeding and had since accepted the points and paid the fine.
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