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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Gove

Planning permission for onshore wind farms to be relaxed, says Government

Boost for green energy could see people in communities who have wind farms receive discount on their bills

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

Gove may be lifting England onshore ban, but wind still faces hurdles

Government will make it easier to build turbines, but wind remains at disadvantage compared with other projects

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023

De facto ban lifted on building onshore windfarms in England

Michael Gove announces changes to planning system that mean turbines cannot be blocked by a single objection

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023

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Who knew what about flawed concrete in schools?

The blame game for our crumbling schools crisis has already begun.

The Week · Sep 5, 2023

Tory peers could stop Gove’s plan to relax pollution rules in England

Zac Goldsmith and a former No 10 adviser back Lords rebellion that hopes to maintain river protections

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023

Starmer gives deputy Rayner levelling-up brief in Labour reshuffle

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner will shadow Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove in her new role.

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

The Tories watering down protections for polluted rivers? I smell a rat

One thing the Conservatives have achieved: the comprehensive choking to death of our waterways

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023

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Data reveals 781% rise in homeless families staying in B&Bs longer than legal limit

Landlords quitting London’s temporary accommodation sector have also risen by 140%

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Gove’s housing plans are latest divergence from promised ‘green Brexit’

Post-Brexit environment watchdog put to the test as local authorities in England told to ignore extra sewage from new developments

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2023

Labour accuses Gove of starting ‘neglect’ of schools that led to collapsing building crisis

More than 100 schools in England have been told to immediately close classrooms and buildings over safety fears

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

Foul fumes and sewage spills in Tory stronghold of Michael Gove

Aggrieved residents tell of issues in constituency of housing secretary planning to rip up pollution laws

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2023

RSPB v the Tories: six environmental promises - lies or otherwise?

Do the charity’s accusations that the government has reneged on environmental pledges stand up to scrutiny?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2023

M&S begins legal action after plan to rebuild Oxford Street store blocked

Michael Gove last month refused permission to demolish and redevelop store near Marble Arch in London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2023

RSPB criticised for 'backpedaling apology' after calling PM and Michael Gove 'liars'

THE RSPB have been criticised for “backpedaling” and apologising for calling Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove “liars” for weakening…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 31, 2023

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Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2023

M&S launch legal challenge after Government blocks plan to demolish flagship Marble Arch store

The high street giant was infuriated by Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ruling last month which prevented their redevelopment going ahead

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

RSPB apologises for calling Tories ‘liars’ over green promises

Charity concedes ‘frustration’ at failure to uphold pledges ‘led us to attack people not policy’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2023

Scrapping housebuilder pollution rules is a regression, watchdog tells Coffey

Office for Environmental Protection chair tells ministers plan will degrade England’s rivers and demands that they explain it to MPs

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

Repeal of water pollution rules won’t solve England’s housing crisis, say developers

Housebuilders welcome move but fear amending levelling up bill will cause months of delays

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The National (Scotland) · Aug 29, 2023

Michael Gove to tear up English water pollution rules despite sewage scandal

MICHAEL Gove is set to tear up environmental regulations protecting English rivers in the name of boosting housebuilding.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

Rishi Sunak took helicopter to housebuilding visit where he defended government’s ‘green credentials’ – as it happened

PM flew to Norwich for the event where it was announced the government scrapping of nutrient neutrality rules

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023

Michael Gove claims ‘Brexit freedoms’ mean pollution rules can be watered down

Housing secretary sparks environmentalist fury by ripping up so-called ‘nutrient neutrality’ rules

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023

England’s rivers at risk as Michael Gove rips up rules on new housing

Exclusive: Announcement set to anger environmentalists, but builders say nutrient neutrality laws are exacerbating housing crisis

The Conversation · Aug 23, 2023

GCSE results 2023: how the qualification is failing disadvantaged young people

All the teenagers collecting their GCSE results this year have overcome significant difficulties. Their secondary school education has been thrown into upheaval by COVID-19: they have faced cancelled classes, have had to learn from home, have dealt with the social isolation and uncertainty of spending a significant part of their…

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023

OPINION - Senseless, pointless and old-fashioned — so why do we cling on to GCSEs?

It can be hard to remember who the Education Secretary is. If you pop out to make a cup of tea you are liable to miss one. Since the last notable incumbent, Michael Gove, left the post in 2014 there have been a further nine education secretaries. Gillian Keegan, the…

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023

Private school students in England twice as likely to earn top A-level grades as state pupils

Despite Tory pledges to close the attainment gap, this year’s results show it is widening

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