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Suella Braverman resigns as home secretary

She reveals a rift over immigration policy

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 11: Secretary of State for the Home Department Suella Braverman arrives in Downing Street to attend the weekly cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Liz Truss in London, United Kingdom on October 11, 2022. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Editor’s note: On October 20th Liz Truss resigned as leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and thus will soon depart as prime minister. The party will hold another leadership contest, its third in as many years, to pick her successor within seven days.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Dashed dreams”

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