Michael Gove

Who is David Meller? - Conservative Party donor handed top Government trade job

Explainer Who is David Meller? - Tory donor handed top Government trade job

Labour to vote against Tory plans that will ‘sacrifice’ UK rivers. (Photo: Getty Images)

Labour blocks ‘reckless’ Tory plans that would ‘sacrifice’ UK rivers

Scrapping water pollution laws to build new houses ‘nail in coffin’ for UK rivers. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Mark Barrow)

‘Act of lunacy’: UK to scrap laws protecting rivers to build houses

New housing reforms to be announced by Housing Secretary Michael Gove are expected to focus on building in citing rather than "concreting over the countryside". (Credit: Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak promises that new housing reforms will focus on cities

Rishi Sunak university: Full list of degrees studied by MPs in Cabinet including Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove

Full list of university degrees studied by MPs in government’s Cabinet

MPs overwhelmingly back Boris Johnson Partygate report

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Boris Johnson urges publishing of Privileges Committee report

Boris Johnson accuses PM of ‘talking rubbish’ over honours list row

Labour plans to change how land is valued to encourage housebuilding

Charging journalists to attend the Tory conference isn’t on Tom Hourigan

Campaigners angry after government scraps its animal welfare bill

Labour will force a vote on abolishing leaseholds in England and Wales after the government backtracked on its pledge to abolish the them. Credit: PA

Labour to force vote on ending ‘feudal’ leasehold system

Sir Keir Starmer says Labour will allow green belt housing where it does not impact on beauty of areas (Photos: Getty/Adobe Stock)

Exclusive Eight Labour frontbenchers have opposed building on green belt

Converting homes into short-term holiday lets would require planning permission under government plans to stop residents being “pushed out of cherished towns” (Photos: Getty)

Government proposes new rules for short-term lets in tourism hot spots

Drug policy researcher Volteface has compiled a list of every MP who has admitted using drugs, as the government poises to crackdown on antisocial behaviour (Photos: Getty and Adobe Stock)

The UK politicians that have admitted using recreational drugs

Gove refuses to confirm if Euston will be HS2’s final London stop

Nitrous oxide gas canisters littering the street. Picture: PA

Laughing gas to be banned by government in clampdown

Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan, and Steve Rotheram, mayors of Manchester, London, and Liverpool, are among those who have signed the letter calling for a rent freeze in England. Credit: Getty Images

City mayors join calls for ‘immediate’ rent freeze in England

Michael Gove has told developers that they must commit to fixing fire safety defects in high-rise buildings or face being banned from the housing market. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Developers must sign post-Grenfell fire safety contracts or face ban

NationalWorld analysis found that Wales is the biggest beneficiary of the second round of levelling up funding per capita, while London had the lowest amount of cash per person. Credit: Kim Mogg

Explainer Wales is the big winner in Levelling Up funding - how regions compare

Michael Gove said the levelling up agenda will seek to “change the economic geography of the country” (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Levelling Up’ plan and what it pays for as £2bn funding announced

Michael Gove has provoked anger from environmental campaigners (Photo: Getty Images / PA)

Climate activists slam Gove’s ‘shameful’ approval of new coal mine

Awaab Ishak tragically died after suffering a respiratory problem caused by prolonged exposure to mould. Credit: PA

Funding stripped from housing association where two-year-old died

Exclusive: Sunak and other MPs eligible for 5-figure severance payouts

The government’s plan to ban no-fault evictions could be scrapped. Credit: Getty Images

Liz Truss commits to banning no-fault evictions

Liz Truss is set to speak at Conservative Party Conference having had her premiership deeply damaged in recent days (image: Getty Images)

Liz Truss speech: when PM will address Conservative Party Conference

New PM will make decision on Cumbria coal mine as plans delayed

Exclusive: government resignations could cost £250k in payouts

Michael Gove attends the weekly Cabinet meeting at Downing Street on 5 July (Photo: Ian Vogler - Pool/Getty Images)

Why was Michael Gove sacked? Boris Johnson’s reasons for firing

The Bank of England has predicted that inflation will top 11% in the autumn (PA)

Inflation needs to be tamed before tax cuts, ministers suggest

New plans have been unveiled to create a fairer private rental sector.

Plans unveiled to create fairer private rental sector in England

The green heart-shaped symbol is used to remember victims of the Grenfell fire (Photo: Getty Images)

The signficance of the colour green on the Grenfell anniversary

Katharine Birbalsingh is the Government’s social mobility tsar.

Stop focusing on ‘rags-to-riches’ stories, says social mobility tsar

‘No emergency budget’ despite cost of living crisis and PM’s comments

A woman holds a baby as she leaves among other refugees at the border point between Romania and Ukraine (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)

Homes for Ukraine: how UK’s refugee rehoming scheme will work

A large number of refugees have been fleeing Ukraine after Russia invaded the country. (Credit: Getty)

How to support Ukrainian refugees as conflict continues in region

Developers could ‘shield themselves’ from cladding costs, Gove warns

Foreign companies might avoid paying cladding and fire safety costs

The PM is due to announce a long-term Covid plan this month (Composite: Kim Mogg / JPIMedia)

The major Covid rule change that could cost you £500 from next week

Michael Gove has published the Government’s White Paper on Levelling Up, which aims to tackle regional inequality (Photos: Getty)

Levelling Up: reheated policies or a bold new agenda?

Private rented homes will be subjected to new rules as part of the Levelling Up agenda (image: Getty)

Renters to force landlords to upgrade homes under new government laws

Michael Gove insisted the government will “change the economic model of this country” (image: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

The 12 missions set out in Michael Gove’s Levelling Up White Paper

Norwegian bank responds to requests to divest from cladding firms

‘Better than nothing, but not enough’: reactions to cladding plans

The cladding scandal explained and how leaseholders are affected

Michael Gove has told developers to cover the “full outstanding cost” of the cladding scandal (image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Gove sets March deadline for developers to act on £4bn cladding plan

Supporters of leasehold reform campaign groups hold placards as they protest outside the Houses of Parliament in September 2021 (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Ministers urged to go further to help leaseholders with cladding costs

Michael Gove chaired a Cobra meeting with UK leaders.

Omicron: Michael Gove says UK faces ‘deeply concerning situation’

Covid booster vaccines up to 75% effective against Omicron

Your guide to Conservative Party Conference 2021

What time is Sunak’s conference speech today - and what will he say?

Michael Gove set to snub cladding victims at Manchester demonstration

Nadim and Tanya Ednan-Laperouse, with their son Alex

A new law designed to protect allergy sufferers has come into force

Who is Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries - what did she say about BBC

The NHS Covid pass will soon be a condition of entry to nightclubs (Photo: Getty)

Why the introduction of vaccine passports is a politically risky move

Michael Gove was caught on camera in an Aberdeen nightclub (Photos: UGC)

How to process the sight of Michael Gove clubbing