The Latest Breaking News from Michael Gove

Gove to announce plans to make home extensions and loft conversions easier

The Housing Secretary also plans to slash red tape to make it simpler to convert shop space into living space.

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023

M&S boss calls Michael Gove’s decision to block Oxford Street store revamp ‘utterly pathetic’

Plans to knock down, and rebuild, Oxford Street store were opposed by historic building campaigners

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Ministers given £455,000 in severance payments after year of political turmoil

Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng and Michael Gove are among the senior figures who accepted severance payments after leaving office.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

It’s high time Tory baby boomers stopped hoarding their wealth

The new round of austerity is guided by older voters’ insistence on keeping their subsidies and tax breaks – can’t they show some generosity?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2023

If there’s no GP and you can’t buy a pint of milk, what’s the point of Northstowe?

The biggest new town since Milton Keynes is billed as ‘unique’, but provision of even basic services seems to have been forgotten

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2023

Brexit planning helped UK prepare for Covid pandemic, Michael Gove tells inquiry

The senior Tory said preparing for a no-deal EU exit made the Government ‘more match fit’ to deal with the health crisis.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

Watch: Michael Gove gives evidence to Covid inquiry

Watch as Michael Gove gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on Thursday, 13 July.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

Thursday briefing: Can ending tax breaks for private schools smash the ‘class ceiling’?

In today’s newsletter: As Labour reaffirms its pledge to remove VAT exemption from private education, a new report outlines the impacts on the wider system

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

Rayner attacks Tories over ‘mortgage bombshell’ as Sunak misses PMQs again – as it happened

Rishi Sunak is attending the Nato summit but will fly back to host Tory MPs at No 10 later

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Michael Gove gives £1.9bn of housing cash back to Treasury as ‘nothing to spend it on’

Local government expert Jack Shaw said the government faced ‘significant challenges investing in housing’

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023