Suella Braverman has accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of having “manifestly and repeatedly failed to deliver” on key policies in a scathing letter after being sacked as home secretary.
She said she only accepted the job in September last year on certain conditions, including that Mr Sunak took illegal migration seriously.
She said: “For a year, as home secretary I have sent numerous letters to you on the key subjects contained in our agreement, made requests to discuss them with you and your team, and put forward proposals on how we might deliver these goals.
“I worked up the legal advice, policy detail and action to take on these issues. This was often met with equivocation, disregard and a lack of interest.
“You have manifestly and repeatedly failed to deliver on every single one of these key policies. Either your distinctive style of government means you are incapable of doing so. Or, as I must surely conclude now, you never had any intention of keeping your promises.”
Ms Braverman was sacked as home secretary during the prime minister’s reshuffle on Monday and former foreign secretary James Cleverly took her role.
The move has angered some on the Tory right, with Daivd Cameron’s return to the frontbench seen as a pivot to the centre ground.
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In her letter, Ms Braverman took aim at Mr Sunak’s ascension to power.
She said: “Despite you having been rejected by a majority of Party members during the summer leadership contest and thus having no personal mandate to be Prime Minister, I agreed to support you because of the firm assurances you gave me on key policy priorities.”
She said these included reducing overall legal migration, delivering on the Northern Ireland Protocol and Retained EU Law Bills, giving statutory guidance to schools that protects biological sex and agreeing on the possible need to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (EHRC) in order to deliver on the Rwanda deportation plan.
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