Grant Shapps was on Wednesday appointed interior minister by embattled UK Prime Minister Liz Truss after she suffered the second high profile ministerial loss of her six week premiership.
A statement by Truss's 10 Downing Street office confirmed the appointment hours after Suella Braverman said she had resigned from the post after using her personal email to send an official document -- but as she also expressed "serious concerns" over government policy.
Earlier in the day, Suella Braverman quit as interior minister, saying she had to go after she breached government rules but that she had concerns over the direction of Truss's government.
The second senior minister to leave the government in less than a week, Braverman's departure heaps yet more pressure on Truss as she fights to stay in power just over six weeks after she entered Downing Street.
