Ethics adviser must investigate Braverman

EMBARGO: Immediate Release

Responding to reports in the Sunday Times that Suella Braverman asked Home Office civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine and points on her licence by arranging a private one-to-one driving awareness course, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:

“Once again for the Government, it’s one rule for them and another for the rest of us. 

"Suella Braverman may be in the driver's seat at the Home Office but that doesn’t give her any excuse to appear to duck the law.

“Braverman should be urgently investigated by the Ethics Adviser and add her name to the nearly endless list of Ministers who have had to undergo the same. 

“Time and time again we are seeing a conveyor belt of Conservative politicians run roughshod over the rules and drag our politics into the gutter. Now, the buck stops with Rishi Sunak himself to stop the endless headlines of sleaze and scandal.”

ENDS

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First reported in the Sunday Times here