Embattled Braverman insists she is not at fault for Manston crisis

Home secretary says she never blocked hotels for refugees and was not to blame for overcrowding at refugee centre

Suella Braverman has insisted she was not to blame for the crisis at Manston refugee centre, as she attempted to shore up her precarious political position by aggressively ramping up her rhetoric over immigration.

The embattled home secretary claimed she had never blocked" the use of hotels to ease pressure on the asylum processing centre in Kent or ignored legal advice on the matter - despite multiple sources insisting that she had been warned over the conditions.