All news on the topic: Michael Gove

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George Osborne gets married after email mystery with David Cameron among guests
Hundreds of well-wishers, including politicians David Cameron, Matt Hancock and Michael Gove attended George Osborne's wedding in Bruton, Somerset, earlier today
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Weak Rishi Sunak will skip Commons debate on Boris Johnson's Partygate lies
The Prime Minister dodged questions on whether he would throw his weight behind the Privileges Committee's report, which found Boris Johnson had repeatedly misled Parliament over his knowledge of lockdown boozing
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Families who lost loved ones in Covid pandemic 'sickened' by Partygate video
Bereaved relatives called on the Metropolitan Police to prosecute those who boozed at the lockdown-busting held in December when socialising indoors was banned in London
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Calls for Tory rule-breakers to lose honours as police review Partygate video
Rishi Sunak today faced calls from families bereaved in the pandemic to strip gongs from two of the party attendees who were recognised in Boris Johnson's resignation honours
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Gove says money to help Brits pay mortgages can't be 'magicked out of thin air'
Cabinet minister Michael Gove said Tories have 'exacerbated' the issue of soaring borrowing rates with Liz Truss's mini-Budget - and the squeeze on mortgage holders is set to tighten
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Gove admits new Partygate video of Tories breaking Covid rules is 'terrible'
The senior Cabinet minister described the footage as 'completely out of order' - but declined to be drawn into whether the Metropolitan Police should launch a probe
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Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson trade blows as Tory civil war erupts over peerages
The Prime Minister and his predecessor indulged in a public slanging match over Johnson’s bid to give peerages to his cheerleaders
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Osborne tells moaning Tories to stop blaming Whitehall 'blob' for their mess
The Conservative stalwart, who unleashed devastating austerity cuts in 2010, told a Tory event: 'We are in charge of our country’s destiny and we should stop blaming others if we don’t get things right'
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Tories accused of 'extraordinary arrogance' in clash over freeport allegations
Labour has lashed out at the Government and demanded that the National Audit Office (NAO) investigates allegations of wrongdoing at the Teesworks site - but the Government says there is "no evidence" of corruption
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MPs howl in laughter as Michael Gove praises Boris Johnson for levelling up
Former PM Boris Johnson called on the government to accelerate levelling-up measures as he made an appearance during communities questions in the House of Commons
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Labour plots move to stop councils paying 275 times more than land's value
Labour is drawing up plans to stop councils making compulsory purchase orders for sites that could become housing from having to pay a "hope value" - which sees prices skyrocket
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Flats bought for £900,000 now worth nothing as owners face 'losing everything'
Residents of the new build block in Camden, north London, fear they may be trapped in properties valued at £0 and deemed 'unmortgageable' due to the amount of defects
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Nigel Farage's failed Brexit bile sits as well as Ann Widdecombe's sandwich ban
Farage once said that if Brexit is a disaster, he would move abroad. Fast forward a few years, and the man who conned the nation into voting for it admits: 'Brexit has failed'
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'Once in a lifetime' renters' shakeup put forward after years of Tory dithering
Ministers claim 11 million tenants across England will get "safer, fairer and higher quality" homes with no-fault evictions set to be scrapped - four years after the Tories promised to do so
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Keir Starmer vows to back 'builders not blockers' with planning rules shake-up
The Labour leader will attempt to capitalise on Tory failures over the housing crisis after Rishi Sunak bowed to pressure from his own MPs to scrap house-building targets last year
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Boris Johnson 'U-turns on knighthood for Michael Gove after leadership betrayal'
The former Prime Minister reportedly planned to reward his fellow Conservative in the resignation honours, but scrapped the idea after Michael Gove's intervention in the Tory leadership saga
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Boris Johnson's No10 was 'chaotic' but 'entertaining', says frenemy Michael Gove
The Levelling Up Secretary told the Inside Whitehall podcast the former PM ran Cabinet meetings in Downing Street "like editorial conferences on a newspaper"
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Lib Dems plotting to oust Theresa May from Commons as they unveil Tory hit list
Theresa May's Maidenhead constituency is on the list of seats it is hoping to snatch, along with those held by Cabinet ministers Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt and Gillian Keegan
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Celebrity SAS star Jason Fox names Tory MPs he'd love to put through their paces
Jason refused to confirm if former Health Secretary Matt Hancockis confimed to appear in the upcoming series of the show, but he has other Tory politicians in his sights
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'Smoking den' built for Michael Gove on office roof after chilling death threats
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities now takes cigarette breaks in the secure area after being subjected to horrific abuse and threats in the street
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People who let out homes to holidaymakers could need planning permission soon
The Government is weighing up the move amid fears people are being pushed out of tourist hotspots by people using their homes on sites such as Airbnb
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Campaigners welcome calls to keep cash options for council parking meters
Cabinet Minister Michael Gove warned town halls against abandoning machines where drivers can pay by cash or card as operators switch to smartphone apps
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Tory ministers recycle wet wipe ban announcement for the third time in 5 years
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey will pledge to consult shoppers and industry on outlawing wet wipes containing plastic fibres over concerns they are creating fatbergs in Britain's sewers
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Cash-strapped town halls splash £23m on consultants in Levelling Up funds battle
Investigation reveals 'Hunger Games style bidding system' for Levelling Up cash, with millions paid by councils across the country to consultants, including £9.27m by leaders in the North of England
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Laughing gas ban is 'wrong approach and will criminalise kids', doctor blasts
Michael Gove has announced laughing gas is to be banned, but Dr David Nicholl has cautioned that the crack-down is the wrong appraoch