Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, sacked his interior minister, Suella Braverman, on Monday, a government source said, as part of a wider reshuffle after she slammed the police’s handling of a pro-Palestinian march.
Under fire from opposition lawmakers and members of his own governing Conservative Party to remove Braverman, Sunak moved against his interior minister, asking her “to leave government” which she had accepted, the source said.
The former foreign minister James Cleverly was named by the PM’s office as the country’s new interior minister.
As Sunak began to reshuffle his ministerial team, former prime minister David Cameron was seen walking into Downing Street, sparking the assumption that he would return to government.
Last week, Suella Braverman disregarded Sunak by publishing an article blaming the police for adopting “double standards” in its treatment of protests – an argument opposition Labour said inflamed tensions at a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Saturday.
Then more than 140 people were arrested after far-right counter-protesters skirmished with police, who attempted to keep them away from the 300,000 pro-Palestinian marchers.
Sunak is expected to carry out a wider number of changes in his cabinet, getting in allies and removing some ministers who his Downing Street office says have not been performing as well as he wanted in their departments.
