The Latest Breaking News from Michael Gove

Liz Truss criticises ‘too much talk of a recession’ as she talks up ambition

The Tory leadership frontrunner insisted the outcome forecast by the Bank of England can be avoided.

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2022

Labour surges as Tory fears grow over Truss’s tax cut agenda

Likely PM’s policies will mean ‘big trouble’, say critics, as Starmer’s energy price initiative boosts him in polls

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022

Tory jitters about Truss: ‘She will just come across as Boris without the charm’

As Starmer leads in polls for best PM, Lib Dems have formed attack unit to push for victory in blue wall seats

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022

Gove backs Sunak and says Truss ‘on holiday from reality’

Ex-minister warns foreign secretary would put ‘safeguarding the stock options of FTSE 100 executives’ before nation’s poorest

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

Former UK minister Gove backs Sunak, says he is quitting frontline politics - The Times

Former British cabinet minister Michael Gove on Friday endorsed Rishi Sunak for prime minister and announced an end of his frontline political career, he said in an op-ed in The Times.

Reuters · Aug 19, 2022

Michael Gove brands Liz Truss plans as ‘a holiday from reality’ as he endorses Rishi Sunak

Michael Gove has branded Liz Truss’s campaign a “holiday from reality” as he announced that he would back Rishi Sunak as party leader.

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2022

Michael Gove says Liz Truss tax plans 'holiday from reality' as he backs Rishi Sunak

The former Tory cabinet minister also says he does not expect to return to frontline politics, saying it was the 'privilege of my life' to serve three prime ministers

Daily Mirror · Aug 19, 2022

Michael Gove backs Rishi Sunak and says Liz Truss is on ‘holiday from reality’

The former Cabinet minister suggested the Foreign Secretary’s proposals would put ‘the stock options of FTSE 100 executives’ before the poorest.

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

Liz Truss plans to 'rebrand independence as separatism’ when prime minister

LIZ Truss will look to rebrand Scottish independence as “separatism” in an effort to paint the movement in a negative light, reports say.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 17, 2022

Sunak and Truss rule out freezing energy prices at leadership hustings

Rival candidates questioned in Perth after frontrunner Truss makes belligerent remarks about Sturgeon

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022