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Suella Braverman will make a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon as she battles scandal on two fronts.
The home secretary earlier apologised for using her personal email to send government documents, though she claimed her behaviour “did not pose any risk to national security”.
In a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee, Ms Braverman apologised for the “mistakes” which led her to resign as home secretary in the dying days of Liz Truss’s government, while revealing she inappropriately used her personal account on six occasions in total.
Meanwhile, allies of former home secretary Priti Patel suggested Ms Braverman was to blame for overcrowding at a troubled Kent asylum facility, after a Tory MP accused ministers of driving down conditions for migrants in order to make Britain seem less appealing.
The Manston short-stay centre is running at more than double its capacity with outbreaks of diseases including diphtheria and MRSA, leading to calls for Ms Patel and Ms Braverman to answer for the state of the facility.
Ms Braverman is expected in the Commons at 17.30.
