Brexit: Michael Gove claims infamous £350m a week for NHS promise ‘delivered’ ‘Promise made, promise delivered’, says cabinet minister who was key figure in Vote Leave campaign The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Braverman suggests support for immigration is a ‘luxury belief’ and claims ‘hurricane’ of mass migration is coming – as it happened Home secretary says Tories were ‘too squeamish’ in past to deal with immigration properly from fear of being called racist The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023
No champagne at Tory conference, but Michael Gove parties on Rishi Sunak attacked Keir Starmer at a 1922 Committee event to open conference Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023
Hunt rules out big tax cuts despite Tory calls for pre-election giveaway The Chancellor said cuts this year would ‘compromise’ the battle against inflation. The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
Tory Party conference – live: Agenda blown off track by HS2 furore with Sunak’s majority ‘at risk’ West Midlands mayor Andy Street holds furious impromptu press conference urging Sunak not to ‘cancel the future’ The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
Little sign of Tory unity as factions jostle on first day of conference Rishi Sunak’s hopes of united front flounder with MPs and even ministers challenging policy and jockeying for position The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023
Gove and Badenoch back keeping open option of quitting human rights convention The possibility of leaving the convention was being aired as ministers struggle to meet their promise to ‘stop the boats’. The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Sunak faces open revolt over refusal to back tax cuts (And he STILL won’t come clean about plan to cancel northern leg of HS2) The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Pressure on Sunak as his own former levelling up minister calls for HS2 to be finished in full Dehenna Davison and Jake Berry join backlash against PM’s move to axe northern leg The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Sunak claims cutting inflation ahead of tax cuts the Thatcherite and ‘deeply Conservative’ thing to do The Prime Minister suggested his approach is in line with ‘great Conservative governments’ of the past Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2023
Sunak defends focus on halving inflation amid Tory clamour for tax cuts The Prime Minister suggested his approach is in line with ‘great Conservative governments’ of the past. The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
UK Government to bypass Holyrood with towns funding in latest devolution snub THE UK Government is set to bypass the Scottish Parliament to give funding directly to seven Scottish councils in a further devolution snub. The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2023
Rishi Sunak shrugs off concerns that U-turns might make UK a ‘laughing stock’ Prime minister says investors are excited about Britain and that he instinctively understands what the public wants The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023
Sunak resists calls to announce pre-election tax giveaway to boost Tory hopes The Prime Minister insisted his approach of prioritising measures to tackle inflation would help hard-pressed households. The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2023 Michael Gove calls for tax cuts ahead of the next election despite Chancellor ruling them out Michael Gove has called for tax cuts ahead of the next election despite the Chancellor ruling them out.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023 Rishi Sunak claims putting reducing inflation ahead of tax cuts Thatcherite and ‘deeply Conservative’ – as it happened Prime minister says ‘the best tax cut we can give is to cut inflation’ after Michael Gove says taxes should be cut before general election
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 Sunak unveils list of 55 ‘overlooked’ towns receiving £20m each for 10-year plan The Prime Minister said the UK’s towns had been ‘taken for granted’ by politicians in the past as he announced £1 billion of investment.
The National (Scotland) · Sep 28, 2023 Michael Gove to host third Islands Forum meeting in Lewis THE third Islands Forum will take place in Lewis and be chaired by Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove.
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023 Why Sunak wants to scrap HS2 – project bosses wasting millions ‘like kids with golden credit card’ PM believes ‘ballooning bill is far worse than anyone knows’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023 Johnny Mercer received £8,000 in taxpayer cash after sacking by Liz Truss Cabinet Office report shows Tory minister, who was reappointed by Rishi Sunak, received money for loss of role
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023 Birmingham city council approves bankruptcy notice and spending controls The stricken authority now set to receive a revised emergency budget after Michael Gove was forced to call in commissioners
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023 Birmingham councillors back issuing of ‘bankruptcy’ notice and spending controls City Council leader John Cotton told an extraordinary meeting the authority will ‘end gender pay injustice’ despite severe financial challenges.
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023 Cabinet split over Sunak’s HS2 ‘gross act of vandalism’ Exclusive: Levelling up secretary Michael Gove and transport secretary Mark Harper ‘very unhappy’ over plan to axe northern leg – first revealed by this newspaper – as George Osborne attacks ‘economic self-harm’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023 Keep private hands off Birmingham’s treasures Letters: Any suggestion that the city’s Museum and Art Gallery should be sold off to the private sector is an outrage, writes Dr Robin C Richmond. Plus letters from Frank Edwards and Peter Dorey
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023 How the timeline for banning petrol and diesel cars has shifted over the years An initial date of 2040 was announced in July 2017 by then-environment secretary Michael Gove.