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Michael Gove

August 2024

  • Michael Gove, who introduced free schools as part of education reforms under the coalition government.

    Gove’s free schools increase segregation and harm nearby schools, says study

  • Pupils from the NPTC Group of Colleges in Neath, South Wales, collecting their A-level results on 15 August 2024

    The Guardian view on A-level results day: great expectations have been met

July 2024

  • (Left to right): Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy, Prince George and the Prince of Wales look dejected in the stands after England lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 final

    Labour will be ‘more Southgate, less Gove’ in trying to end division, says Nandy

    Culture secretary, who watched England lose to Spain with PM, says manager assembled ‘incredible’ team that reflects national story

June 2024

  • James Cracknell at the boathouse in Putney,

    ‘Crap’, ‘frustrating’, ‘a shower’: the Tories laying into their own party

  • Michael Gove

    Betting scandal as bad for Tories as Partygate, says Michael Gove

  • Laura Saunders post on X from October 25, 2023. Honoured and excited to have recently been selected as the candidate for Bristol North West #SelectSaunders

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Tory candidate facing probe over election date betting allegations threatens to sue BBC – as it happened

  • Composite of headshots of Tony Lee and Laura Saunders

    Marina Hyde’s campaign trail 2024
    Are Tories bent on scoring own goals? Alleged election betting shows real dedication

  • Still time for Tories to stage comeback, says Michael Gove

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Reform UK plans ‘don’t add up’ and costings are out ‘by tens of billions of pounds per year’, says IFS – as it happened

  • ‘Gove saw the polls and realised he might lose’: Lib Dems hope to knock down Tory ‘blue wall’ in Surrey

  • John Crace

    The politics sketch
    Jimmy Dimly shows us how to serve by fronting up latest Tory gimmick

    John Crace
    Home secretary sent out to explain why national service is a great idea that has nothing to do with luring Reform voters
  • John Harris

    Farewell, Michael Gove: from Brexit to levelling up, you sowed the seeds for this Conservative crisis

    John Harris
    The Tory puppet master is leaving behind a febrile party flying ever further towards the fringes of our politics, says Guardian columnist John Harris
  • Torsten Bell

    Hidden gems from the world of research
    Cheer up, Tory MPs. Quitting a job turns out to be a good thing for your wellbeing

    Torsten Bell
    Staying put offers few benefits, research finds, while letting go of unachievable aims, such as being prime minister, feels good
  • Rishi Sunak walks up a dockyard ramp wearing a buoyancy aid.

    The Observer view on the Tories: A chance to pass judgment on 14 years of misrule

    The Conservatives are a spent force with an appalling track record. They deserve a resounding general election defeat
  • Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove

    Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom to stand down at general election

    Seventy-eight Tory MPs are quitting rather than standing, beating 1997’s record number
  • Penny Mordaunt

    Tory donors pour cash into seats held by big names at risk of losing

    Exclusive: Over £2.5m for MPs such as Fox and Mordaunt in what will be the highest-spending UK election
  • Marina Hyde

    Sunak seems convinced that Who Dares Wins. Spoiler alert: sometimes they lose really badly

    Marina Hyde
    A drowned-rat PM, a blank page contender and frit Farage refusing to stand at all. All in the first 48 hours – are you not entertained, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
  • John Crace

    The politics sketch
    The Govester goes rogue and veers from history lecture to full-on rant

    John Crace
    Giving a keynote speech about antisemitism, the minister let himself show his real self – his nasty self
  • Victims and campaigners outside Central Hall in Westminster on Wednesday.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Infected blood victims to get interim payments of £210,000 within 90 days – as it happened

    John Glen, Cabinet Office minister, tells Commons that those infected will be able to claim compensation as well as the estates of those who have died
  • A Solidarity for Palestine protest camp outside Leeds University, pictured earlier this month.

    Gove accuses UK university protests of ‘antisemitism repurposed for Instagram age’

    Communities secretary Michael Gove says Gaza protests at British universities are ‘alive with anti-Israel rhetoric and agitation’
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