A Cabinet minister has backed Suella Braverman to stay in her role as Home Secretary amid a furore over her claim that the police “play favourites” with protesters. 

David TC Davies, the Welsh Secretary, was asked if he believed Ms Braverman “should go” and he told the BBC Question Time programme: “Certainly not. I have got confidence in all my Cabinet colleagues. 

“But can I say, I have read the article and I didn’t read it the way everyone else seems to have done. We know that there have been issues with policing because the police have recognised that themselves.”

Downing Street is currently investigating how an article written by Ms Braverman, in which she accused the police of bias over the handling of protests in support of Palestine, came to be published given the piece had not been cleared by No10. 

Opposition politicians have called for Rishi Sunak to sack Ms Braverman but her allies have argued she simply set out a belief held by many people across the country. 

The row over the article published by The Times comes ahead of a pro-Palestinian march which is due to take place in central London tomorrow as the nation marks Armistice Day.

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