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Home Secretary Suella Braverman during a briefing before attending a county lines raid with officers from West Midlands Police in Coventry. Officers from Coventry Police joined specialist colleagues to execute five warrants across the city during the raid and shut down several cannabis factories with a combined street value of more than �850,000. Picture date: Wednesday October 11, 2023.

SACK Suella Braverman, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was told on all sides today.

Pressure was piled on the premier to dismiss his far-right Home Secretary after she penned an extraordinary attack against peace marchers and the police in The Times newspaper.

The article, which Downing Street said had not been cleared, accused the police of political bias and demanded a crackdown on demonstrations for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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