Home Secretary allegedly asked civil servants for help after being caught speeding

The Prime Minister is being urged to order an investigation following claims the Home Secretary asked civil servants to help her avoid incurring points on her licence for speeding.

Suella Braverman allegedly requested that Home Office aides help organise a one-to-one driving awareness course after she was caught speeding last summer as she looked to swerve accepting points on her licence.

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According to The Sunday Times, civil servants refused the request, leading Mrs Braverman to turn to a political aide to assist her in attempting to arrange an alternative to having to attend a course with other motorists.

The newspaper reported that a number of requests were made to a speeding awareness course provider by an aide, including asking if the senior Conservative minister would be able to undertake an online course, but be allowed to use an alias or have her camera switched off.

The suggestions were said to have been refused, with Mrs Braverman later choosing to forgo the course altogether and accepting three points on her driving licence.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats are calling for Mrs Braverman to face a probe by the Prime Minister’s adviser on ministerial interests, Sir Laurie Magnus.

The rules currently mean that Rishi Sunak would have to commission his ethics tsar to look into the allegations, which Labour has suggested could breach the ministerial code — a set of rules all ministers must abide by or face sanctions, including potentially being sacked.

A source close to Mrs Braverman told PA news agency the speeding ticket and subsequent arrangements for dealing with it were reported to the Cabinet Office at the time.

They said the Home Secretary