Braverman orders government lawyers to offer ‘solutions’ to legal challenges

Attorney general reportedly tells lawyers to stop rejecting unlawful policies without assessing chance of success

The attorney general is to order government lawyers to provide solutions-based advice" when assessing the legal risk of policies in updated guidance.

Suella Braverman's office said the new recommendations, which come amid a row over the government's highly controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, will mean that when a substantial legal challenge to a policy is likely, it does not automatically mean the policy cannot be pursued".