The home secretary faces calls for inquiry into reports she asked for special treatment after being issued a speeding notice
Home OfficeSuella Braverman allegedly asked Home Office officials to organise a one-to-one driving awareness course after she was caught speeding last summer.
Civil servants refused the request but were so concerned they reported the matter to the Cabinet Office. Braverman instead turned to a political aide to try and arrange the course without revealing her identity.The requests were refused, thereported, and Braverman later chose to avoid the course completely and accepted three penalty points on her driving licence.
The rules mean Rishi Sunak would have to commission his ethics tsar to look into the allegations, which Labour has suggested could breach the ministerial code. The shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said: “As home secretary, Suella Braverman is responsible for upholding the law, yet this report suggests she has tried to abuse her position to get round the normal penalties so it is one rule for her and another for everyone else. We’ve had 13 years of the Tories trying to dodge the rules for themselves and their mates.
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