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<\/picture><\/span>EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly has defended the re-appointment of Suella Braverman as home secretary just days after she was forced to quit the job.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ms Braverman resigned last week after admitting two data breaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Labour said her return to cabinet undermined new PM Rishi Sunak’s pledge to have “integrity and accountability” in his government. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Cleverly insisted Ms Braverman had shown integrity by apologising for breaking the rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said Mr Sunak had accepted her apology and chose to re-appoint her because she had “very, very recent” experience of the Home Office. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “Clearly the PM wants to make sure that the department can deliver from day one.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The new cabinet met ahead of Mr Sunak’s first Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons at noon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper criticised the re-appointment accusing the prime minister of putting party before country “just a few hours into the job”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael said it made “a mockery of Rishi Sunak’s claims to be bringing integrity to No 10”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “A home secretary who broke the rules is not fit for a Home Office which keeps the rules,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Both parties are calling for investigations – the Liberal Democrats are asking for an inquiry into Ms Braverman’s appointment “including any promises Sunak made to her behind closed doors”, while Labour wants one into possible security breaches by the home secretary. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Labour have been granted an urgent question on the subject – this will give MPs the chance to question ministers about the appointment in Parliament later on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Some Conservative MPs have also privately expressed their concern to the BBC about the appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ms Braverman stepped down last week amid the final days of Liz Truss’s short-lived and chaotic premiership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n