UK's Rishi Sunak says interior minister will not face further probe


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  • Wednesday, 24 May 2023

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman react during a meeting with the local community and police leaders following the announcement of a new police task force to help officers tackle grooming gangs, in Rochdale, Britain April 3, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Nobel/Pool

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said interior minister Suella Braverman's handling of a speeding fine last year did not amount to a breach of ministerial code and that there would be no further investigation.

"My decision is that these matters do not amount to a breach of the Ministerial Code," Sunak told Braverman in a letter on Wednesday. "As you have recognised, a better course of action could have been taken to avoid giving rise to the perception of impropriety."

(Reporting by William James, writing by Muvija M)

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