Rishi Sunak has faced MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions with Suella Braverman at his side, following confirmation the Home Secretary will not be investigated over a speeding fine row.
Ms Braverman has been accused of breaching ministerial code by asking taxpayer-funded civil servants to help her with the private matter of trying to dodge a group speeding-awareness course, after being caught speeding last summer.
She eventually paid a fine and took penalty points on her driving licence after admitting to speeding.
Ms Braverman insists she did “nothing untoward”, and Downing Street confirmed on Wednesday she will not face an investigation over the row.
Mr Sunak said a “better course of action could have been taken” but that he had decided the incident did not amount to a breach of the ministerial code.
Facing the Prime Minister on Wednesday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked why Ms Braverman has a problem “coping with points-based systems”.
He told the Commons: “The Prime Minister stood on three Tory manifestos, each one promised to reduce immigration. Each promise broken. They (Conservative backbenchers) all stood on those manifestos as well.
“Why does he think his Home Secretary seems to have such a problem coping with points-based systems?”
Mr Sunak said: “Just this week we announced the biggest every single measure to tackle legal migration, removing the right for international students to bring dependents, toughening the rules on post-study work, and reviewing maintenance requirements.
“But what is (Sir Keir’s) contribution? There are absolutely no idea.”
