In a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee, she again apologized for breaching security rules and set out her version of events that led to her resignation under former prime minister Liz Truss. A review by the Home Office confirmed she had used her personal email address to send an official government document and in her letter Ms Braverman added: “I had sent official documents from my government email to my personal email address mail six times. Latest politics: Minister comes under fire for ‘casual racism’ in TV interview “The review confirmed that all of these cases occurred in cases where I was virtually holding Home Office meetings or connected to public lines to conduct interviews.” Ms Braverman is expected to make a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon. It faces a second scandal amid the deepening Channel crisis and overcrowding at the Manston processing centre. The Labor Party accused her of keeping quiet on the issue as questions remained about “security breaches”. In her letter, the home secretary insisted the four-page document containing high-level immigration policy proposals did not contain any national security information and was not classified as top secret. She said the reason for sending the documents to her personal phone was because she often attended meetings virtually and in transit. Ms Braverman said: “It was not possible to use a single device to conduct the meetings and read the documents at the same time. “Therefore, I had occasionally and exceptionally emailed them to my personal email account so that I could read the documents to conduct essential government business.” Ms Braverman’s team claims – as she wrote in her resignation letter – that she flagged the incident quickly and brought it to the attention of the cabinet secretary, Simon Case. Others claimed the cabinet secretary did not learn of the breach from Ms Braverman. Here is the timeline of events as she sets them out in her letter: -7.25am: Sent email from personal account to Rt Hon Sir John Hayes and his secretary but entered wrong address, sending document to someone else “unintentionally and unknowingly” – 9am : Go to back-to-back meetings – 10am: Checked personal emails, saw reply to someone she doesn’t know saying “this was sent to me by mistake” – “realized I made a mistake” – 10.02am: Reply saying “please delete and ignore. Thank you”, then went to meetings – 11.20am: Met two constituents – 11.50am: bumped into then Chief Whip Wendy Morton and Andrew Percy MP “coincidentally” who said the my email had gone to a member of his staff and was “concerned” – 12pm: Back in the parliamentary office to “take action on my mistake” Ms Braverman said when she realized she had sent the email to a staffer for MP Andrew Percy by mistake, she “decided to let my staff know as soon as possible”. But before informing the civil service, she said she ran into the chief and Mr Percy “by chance”, who expressed his concerns to her. After that meeting, Ms Braverman asked a special adviser to tell her private secretary what had happened and the matter was then flagged up with the cabinet secretary and the prime minister’s office. The Home Secretary insisted: “As a result of my actions, the Cabinet Secretary has been informed for the first time.” He added: “Separately, and unbeknownst to me at the time, the chief whip had also notified the prime minister about this matter. This was not known to me until after these events.” “More unanswered questions, more confusion and more chaos” Labor said the letter “leaves more unanswered questions” about Ms Braverman’s “irresponsible behaviour” – including whether the prime minister ignored cabinet advice on her reappointment. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said she was also “surprised” the Home Secretary “needs to seek additional clarification on ‘what constitutes appropriate use of government and personal IT’”. “So this leaves more unanswered questions, more confusion and more chaos from the home secretary and the government. It shows why Rishi Sunak was so irresponsible in re-appointing her to her post,” he said. Liberal Democrat leader Wendy Chamberlain said the home secretary had “admitted breaking the rules on an industrial scale” and “must stand down now”. The prime minister “has full confidence” in the interior minister Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 1:16 Yvette Cooper speaks to Sophie Ridge on Sunday about security concerns about the Home Secretary. The letter comes after days of criticism leveled at new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for reappointing Ms Braverman, despite promising to govern with “integrity” when she took office. Labor is urging the government to release its assessment of Ms Braverman’s security breach, with leader Sir Keir Starmer accusing Mr Sunak of brokering a “useless security negotiation for support” in the Tory leadership contest, which won after receiving the support of Ms. Braverman. In the letter, Ms Braverman said she had apologized to Mr Sunak when he joined No 10 and publicly reiterated that apology. “In the discussion about my appointment with the new prime minister, I raised this mistake and apologized to him and I would like to do it again here,” he said. “I also gave assurances to the prime minister that I will not use my personal email for official business and confirmed that I understand and abide by the ministerial code.” After the letter was published, Downing Street said the prime minister had full confidence in the home secretary. The spokesman also said Mr. Sunak was reassured that Ms. Braverman understood the advice she was given afterward.
