SUELLA BRAVERMAN faced calls to quit today if she is found to have breached the ministerial code for asking civil servants to bend the rules over her speeding fine.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was expected to speak to the Home Secretary later today following concerns that her request for help from officials to arrange a one-to-one course instead of taking penalty points breached the ministerial code.

Mr Sunak will also seek advice from his adviser on ministers’ interests, Sir Laurie Magnus, about how to proceed.

Sir Laurie cannot begin an investigation into a minister’s conduct without the PM signing off an inquiry.

Ms Braverman insisted there was “nothing untoward” about her handling of the offence, but did not deny asking civil servants to intervene.

Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “Breaking the ministerial code doesn’t appear so much to be a lapse of judgment as of a pattern of behaviour. 

“Suella Braverman is quick to criticise civil servants when it suits her, but even quicker to ask for their help when she needs it.

“Civil servants’ role is to deliver government policy —not to act as her personal assistants.

“How many more lives will Rishi Sunak give her? This is double standards. If she was a PCS member she would not expect to be treated so leniently.”

Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said the workforce are “not there to support the personal interests of a minister.”

He told Sky News: “Civil servants are publicly funded. They’re paid for by you and me.

“They don’t do [minister’s] shopping, they don’t look after their children and they don’t sort out their speeding fine.

“That’s really important as well. They’re there to work for you and me.

“The question clearly is ‘Did she abuse her position?’ And what did she ask civil servants to do?

“The only way to clear this up is an investigation under the ministerial code.”

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Ms Braverman’s actions appear to have been “inappropriate,” but did not want to get “ahead of himself” in calling for her resignation.

He said he would remind Mr Sunak that the PM talked about “integrity, about transparency and honesty” on entering office and should follow through with a proper independent investigation.

A No 10 spokesman said Mr Sunak was “availing himself of information” about the situation.