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Published: 19 October 2022
British prime minister Liz Truss has appointed Grant Shapps as interior minister, replacing the current interior minister Suella Braverman, who resigned during a meeting with Truss
Shapps, the new home secretary, was minister for transport during the tenure of former prime minister Boris Johnson
Braverman says she resigned "after sending official documents via her personal e-mail," which is a violation of the well-known security rules for the actions of ministers and senior government officials.
But she also said in her resignation letter that the government needed officials who "admit mistakes, bear their consequences".
"If we imagine that we have not made a mistake and hope that things will magically fix, then this is not the essence of serious politics,"she added.
Truss faces opposition from Conservative MPs in the House of Commons. The resignation of a prominent minister in her government could lead to further crises.
Suwaila is the second high-profile minister to resign from the government in the past six weeks, the lifetime of the current government.
Suela was a supporter of former minister Priti Patel's plans to send migrants from Britain to Rwanda.
She was also one of the supporters of the Brexit project "Brexit", but opposed the agreement of former prime minister Theresa May with the EU in this regard.
Suella also ran in the Conservative party elections to choose a new leader and prime minister after the resignation of Boris Johnson, but lost in the first round.
Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng has resigned after the government failed to provide fiscal and economic policies that adequately support the local economy.
Liz was forced to back out of her proposed budget, which she had announced before the government took office, because of the controversy over tax cuts.
In an attempt to end the turmoil in the financial markets, Truss dismissed the finance minister and her close ally, Kwarteng, and appointed former Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt in his place.
She also announced the cancellation of the corporate tax cut policy, which will increase from 19% to 25%, something that made her look bad during the first accountability session before the House of Commons.
Liz stressed that she is keen on raising pensions, in parallel with inflation rates.
Jason Stein, a special adviser to Liz, will face a formal investigation by the fitness and ethics panel, which is responsible for standards in various government departments.
This follows the emergence of some anger on the part of members of the House of Commons from the Conservative Party about the press briefings issued by sources at the Prime Minister's headquarters in "10 Downing Street".
It is noteworthy that former prime minister Johnson was forced to resign from his post after a torrent of resignations submitted by members of his government, which left him forced to leave the post.
Liz has so far insisted on staying in her position, which makes some expect that she will face the same scenario