Braverman out, Cameron in: Rishi Sunak's 'shock' reshuffle

James Cleverly becomes home secretary, while former PM David Cameron returns as foreign secretary

Suella Braverman at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Sunday
Suella Braverman at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Sunday
(Image credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage)

The sacking of Suella Braverman from her role as home secretary has triggered a major cabinet reshuffle by Rishi Sunak.

Braverman was removed from government following a weekend of speculation about her political future. Many No. 10 watchers had predicted that the prime minister would "axe the home secretary imminently", said the Financial Times (FT) – a move confirmed by Downing Street shortly before 9am this morning. 

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.