The rise, fall and rise of Suella Braverman
She is the daughter of immigrants, a Buddhist and a Francophone. Colleagues reflect on the making of the Home Secretary.
BySuella Braverman
Suella Braverman is a British Conservative politician. She served as Home Secretary from October 2022 through to November 2023. Braverman was born in 1980 and worked as a barrister from 2005. She was elected MP for Fareham in 2015, and chaired the European Research Group, of Eurosceptic Conservative MPs, from 2017-2018. From 2020 to 2022 she was attorney-general for England and Wales.
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