[68], In March 2011, Gove was criticised for not understanding the importance of school architecture and accused of having misrepresented the cost. In a joint statement released on Friday, the couple said they remained close friends and would continue supporting their two children, but wanted privacy and would In widely reported remarks, he complained that "to call yourself a Christian in contemporary Britain is to invite pity, condescension or cool dismissal. [136] He was praised by Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven for his strong stance on issues like bee-harming pesticides, single-use plastic bottles and the future of the internal combustion engine", adding "Gove has defied many people's expectations on the environment". Michael Gove, 53, born Graeme Andrew Logan, met his wife Sarah Vine in 1998. 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WebA Level student Beatrice Gove (daughter of Michael Gove and Sarah Vine) describes the impact of lockdown on her and her friends in a powerful piece in the Mail on Sunday. [69], During the CameronClegg ministry, Gove was the subject of repeated criticism for alleged attempts to avoid the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. I don't know where you can find a similar situation in any other developed economy. Born in Aberdeen, Gove was in care until being adopted aged four months old, after which he was raised in the Kittybrewster area of the city. Michael Goves ex-wife Sarah Vine has revealed the Tory heavyweight's cutting response when he was sacked by Boris Johnson. [206] It was reported that parts of it had been copied from Wikipedia. [241] Gove fractured his foot in July 2015. [150] Despite Gove's position, Parliament passed a motion to declare a climate emergency. Gove met the journalist Sarah Vine in 1998, when he was comment editor and she was arts editor at The Times. He remains on good terms with Rupert Murdoch,[42][43] whom Gove described in evidence before the Leveson Inquiry as "one of the most impressive and significant figures of the last 50 years". 'I don't want my daughter to be a landmine victim' Americast: Trump Indicted. The pair have two children together - a daughter born in 2003 named Beatrice and a son born a year later named William. [267][268], Gove was portrayed by actor Oliver Maltman in the 2019 HBO and Channel 4 drama Brexit: The Uncivil War. WebRESPECT IS NOT THIS Mr Goves unfortunate choice of words this morning One of my worries is that some of the people who are attacking Ofsted object to | 17 LinkedIn The UK's housing model is broken and more homes are "desperately" needed, Michael Gove has said. At a House of Commons Education Select Committee he said that this separation of achievement grew larger throughout pupils' school careers, stating, "In effect, rich thick kids do better than poor clever children when they arrive at school [and] the situation as they go through gets worse". [222], According to The Times, in the 2023 cabinet reshuffle, Sunak wanted Gove to become Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, but Gove asked to stay at the levelling up department. Gove said the leaked dossier outlined a "worst-case scenario". This time last year, Sarah Vine - aka Mrs Michael Gove - was perhaps the most controversial woman in the United Kingdom, called Lady Macbeth for her bedroom politicking and attacked by many for her pro-Brexit rhetoric. I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. [260], In April 2015, he described his faith in an article for The Spectator. In reaction, Craig Oliver said it would have a negative impact on his run whereas fellow candidate for leadership Dominic Raab said he "admires [Gove's] honesty". [78][79] At the Association of Teachers and Lecturers Annual Conference in March 2013 a motion of no-confidence in Gove was passed. Maximum sentences for the crime of animal cruelty increased, as did protection for animals used by Government services, such as police dogs and horses. [120][121] Gove declined to deny leaking the Queen's comments. Academies were not required to follow the national curriculum, and so weren't affected by the reforms. [94] Gove removed the 12-book limit on prison books introduced by Grayling, arguing that books increased literacy and numeracy, skills needed for making prisoners a "potential asset to society". Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it. [96], Within three months of his taking office, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) voted to stop taking new work in protest at Gove's insistence that they work for lower fees. LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - British lawmaker Michael Gove has been appointed as the country's levelling-up minister by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, his office said on Tuesday. [95] Gove was also praised for his prominent role in scrapping a British bid for a Saudi prison contract. Gove has twice run to become Leader of the Conservative Party, in 2016 and 2019, finishing in third place on both occasions. [4][5] His biological mother, whom he originally believed to have been an unmarried Edinburgh student, was in fact a 23-year-old cookery demonstrator. His wife Sarah Vine (somewhat inaccurately)[243] complained in her Daily Mail column that he could not have his foot X-rayed by the NHS because the minor injuries unit the couple visited did not provide the facility at weekends. [70][71] In March 2012 the Information Commissioner ruled that because emails the Financial Times had requested contained public information they could be the subject of a freedom of information request and ordered the information requested by the paper to be disclosed. [29] Struggling to maintain his career in London,[30] he moved back to Aberdeen and became a trainee reporter at The Press and Journal, where he spent several months on strike in the 19891990 dispute over union recognition and representation. Michael's parents live in Aberdeen. [6] Logan was put into care soon after he was born. Senior minister Michael Gove is no longer self-isolating after he was given special permission to have his daughter tested for the coronavirus - and the result came Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove made a veiled dig at two former Tory ministers, who suggested in sting interviews they would work for a fake Korean firm in exchange for a 10,000 daily rate.. [91] Gove remained in the post of chief whip until May 2015, when the role was taken over by Mark Harper. [147] The speech, which gained significant media attention, attacked Corbyn for his foreign policy record, with Tom Rogan of the Washington Examiner describing it as "A tour de force. The UK's housing model is broken and more homes are "desperately" needed, Michael Gove has said. [282] Following the separation, Gove lived in an official ministerial residence on Carlton Gardens, St James's. Michael Goves daughter Beatrice has won a place at Grey Coat Hospital School, a Church of England girls comprehensive in Westminster, making him the first [145], May offered Gove the post of secretary of state for exiting the European Union after Dominic Raab's resignation over the Brexit withdrawal agreement in November 2018. He later apologised and clarified that what he had said was not the case. [257], In 2012, Gove was behind plans to provide schools throughout England and Wales with a copy of the King James Bible (inscribed "presented by the Secretary of State for Education") to celebrate the 400th anniversary of its translation into English, though he said he backed the scheme because of the historical and cultural significance of that translation rather than on purely religious grounds. [131], Following the 2017 general election, Gove was promoted to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by May during a reshuffle. [109], In his memoir For the Record, Cameron described Gove during this period as "mendacious", adding: "One quality shone through, disloyalty. [263], Gove's proposal for a new Royal Yacht costing 60 million was made public in January 2012. Known as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government until 19 September 2021. Michael Goves daughter Beatrice was all over the news throughout April 2020. First, Beatrice the daughter of Michael Gove and Sarah Vine hit the news after it was revealed that she was to be tested for coronavirus. Then, given she was stuck indoors quarantining, her TikTok videos were the talk of the internet. We hadnt really talked about names before but we both agreed that each of us will retain veto power. Subsequently, Johnson declined to run. Picture: PA By Kate Buck @katebuck96 The daughter of Cabinet Minister Michael Gove was granted "special permission" to be tested for coronavirus - despite thousands of NHS workers having to wait. At the Spectator party on Wednesday Defence Secretary Michael Fallon entertained the idea of getting an Irish passport his father was a Dublin surgeon. [9][47], Gove was the founding chairman of Policy Exchange,[48] a conservative think tank launched in 2002. In the role he advocated the introduction of a Swedish-style education voucher system, whereby parents would choose where their child would be educated, with the state paying what they would have cost in a state school. I did not say, as Mr Gove suggests, that British soldiers in the First World War were consciously fighting for a western liberal order. [218], Gove declined to run in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. [167], Writing in The Sunday Times on 28 July 2019, Gove said that a no-deal Brexit was "a very real prospect" and one that the Government was "working on the assumption of". [56] Gove was seen as part of an influential set of Conservatives referred to as the Notting Hill Set, which included Conservative leader David Cameron, future Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Ed Vaizey, Nick Boles and Rachel Whetstone. [251] Gove said that jihadist terrorists "hate Israel, and they wish to wipe out the Jewish people's home, not because of what Israel does but because of what Israel is free, democratic, liberal and western. [24] In an interview with Andrew Gimson, Gove remarked that at Oxford, Johnson was "quite the most brilliant extempore speaker of his generation". WebBeatrice Gove was born in 2003 (age 19 years) in Surrey, United Kingdom. The liberation of Iraq has actually been that rarest of thingsa proper British foreign policy success. [143], An important aspect of Gove's tenure was the introduction of laws concerning animal welfare. [citation needed] Gove was eliminated in the second ballot after receiving 46 votes, compared to 199 for May and 84 for Leadsom. Michael Gove says progress on fixing the problems have been "piecemeal", but Labour says social homes have been lost. "[188], Gove was co-chair of the EUUK Partnership Council with European Commission vice-president Maro efovi. [151], In May 2019, Gove introduced the Wild Animals in Circuses Bill, banning the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in England. Under Rishi Sunak, Gove was reinstated to his previous roles of Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations. [4] Gove regarded his birthplace as Edinburgh until it was revealed in a biography in 2019 that he was born in a maternity hospital in Fonthill Road, Aberdeen. [250] He has said that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel is anti-Semitic. The ban does not include plug-in hybrid vehicles. [8] After he joined the Gove family, Logan's name was changed to Michael Andrew Gove. Children who failed to write coherently and grammatically, or who were weak in spelling, were penalised in the new examinations. [205] The paper included plans to increase public investment across the UK and expand devolution in England. There's a special extra quality you need that is indefinable, and I know I don't have it. [86] Gove told BBC News that he had mixed emotions about starting the new role, saying it was a privilege to become Chief Whip but that leaving the Department for Education was "a wrench".[87][88][89]. [184], Gove was part of a committee of Cabinet ministers, comprising Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock, that made decisions on the COVID-19 pandemic. [177] When Johnson was self-isolating after having been tested positive for COVID-19, Gove stood in for Johnson briefly from 27 March 2020 at the daily briefings of the pandemic,[178] until Gove self-isolated himself after a family member developed COVID-19 symptoms. In September 2011, the Financial Times reported that Gove had used an undisclosed private email account called "Mrs Blurt" to discuss government business with advisers. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove and his journalist wife Sarah Vine have "agreed to separate", a joint spokesman for the couple has said. [183], After Johnson said that the UK had ended trade talks with the EU in October 2020, Gove said that the door was "still ajar" if the EU made changes over issues including fishing access and that "We hope the EU will change their position and we are certainly not saying if they do change their position we can't talk to them". In the 2014 cabinet reshuffle he was moved to the post of chief whip. [175], On 13 February 2020, Gove took on additional responsibilities as Minister for the Cabinet Office, succeeding Oliver Dowden, who had been appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in Johnson's first large reshuffle of his government. [209], Gove attended the 2022 Bilderberg meeting in Washington, D.C.[210], The Telegraph journalist Matthew Lynn attacked Gove's record in government, describing him as the "driving force behind a whole series of terrible policy mistakes". [208] He later announced the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which would arrange for British households to take in Ukrainian refugees. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served in various Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. [163] His otherwise non-portfolio role included responsibility for no-deal Brexit preparations, overseeing constitutional affairs, maintaining the integrity of the Union and having oversight over all Cabinet Office policy. Its also been reported that the current home secretary, Priti Patel, is set to confirm whether she plans to stand for the leadership. 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[136] He was praised by Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven for his strong stance on issues like bee-harming pesticides, single-use plastic bottles and the future of the internal combustion engine", adding "Gove has defied many people's expectations on the environment". Michael Gove, 53, born Graeme Andrew Logan, met his wife Sarah Vine in 1998. ", "Michael Gove signals end for specialist schools", "Michael Gove speaks about the importance of teaching", "Teachers Pass No Confidence Vote In Gove", "NUT passes unanimous vote of no confidence in Michael Gove", "Michael Gove heckled at head teachers' conference in Birmingham", "British PM Cameron sacks ally Gove, promotes women to cabinet", "Michael Gove moved to chief whip in cabinet reshuffle", "Michael Gove move not a demotion, says David Cameron", "Michael Gove: 'It's a wrench but a privilege changing job'", "Michael Gove demoted to chief whip as Cameron shows no sentimentality", "Michael Gove was prepping for Chief Whip role for days, says his wife", "Michael Gove 'gets stuck in Commons toilet' on first day in new job as Chief Whip", "Michael Gove moves to justice in post-election reshuffle", "Tax on justice: Michael Gove scraps criminal courts charges after Independent campaign", "Court charges could put pressure on defendants to plead guilty, claim judges", "Prisoner book restrictions scrapped by Michael Gove", "UK ditches plan to bid for 5.9m Saudi Arabia prisons contract", "Barristers vote to join solicitors' legal aid protest", "Legal aid cuts reversed by Justice Secretary Michael Gove", "Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out? ", "Michael Gove apologises after sparking outrage with Harvey Weinstein joke on Today programme", "Michael Gove apologises for 'clumsy' Weinstein joke on Today", "Gove sparks outcry for Weinstein joke that 'trivialises sexual assault', "Gove risks new Whitehall row over choice of DEFRA directors", "Michael Gove facing questions over appointment of Tory donor Ben Goldsmith to Defra board", "Animal cruelty maximum sentences will be increased government confirms", "UK ivory ban to be 'toughest' in the world", "Michael Gove considering his future after turning down PM's offer to become Brexit Secretary", "Michael Gove tears into Jeremy Corbyn as government defeats no confidence vote", "Michael Gove annihilates Jeremy Corbyn's leadership credibility", "Brexit: Did Dominic Raab warn of no-deal during referendum campaign? WebA Level student Beatrice Gove (daughter of Michael Gove and Sarah Vine) describes the impact of lockdown on her and her friends in a powerful piece in the Mail on Sunday. [69], During the CameronClegg ministry, Gove was the subject of repeated criticism for alleged attempts to avoid the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. I don't know where you can find a similar situation in any other developed economy. Born in Aberdeen, Gove was in care until being adopted aged four months old, after which he was raised in the Kittybrewster area of the city. Michael Goves ex-wife Sarah Vine has revealed the Tory heavyweight's cutting response when he was sacked by Boris Johnson. [206] It was reported that parts of it had been copied from Wikipedia. [241] Gove fractured his foot in July 2015. [150] Despite Gove's position, Parliament passed a motion to declare a climate emergency. Gove met the journalist Sarah Vine in 1998, when he was comment editor and she was arts editor at The Times. He remains on good terms with Rupert Murdoch,[42][43] whom Gove described in evidence before the Leveson Inquiry as "one of the most impressive and significant figures of the last 50 years". 'I don't want my daughter to be a landmine victim' Americast: Trump Indicted. The pair have two children together - a daughter born in 2003 named Beatrice and a son born a year later named William. [267][268], Gove was portrayed by actor Oliver Maltman in the 2019 HBO and Channel 4 drama Brexit: The Uncivil War. WebRESPECT IS NOT THIS Mr Goves unfortunate choice of words this morning One of my worries is that some of the people who are attacking Ofsted object to | 17 LinkedIn The UK's housing model is broken and more homes are "desperately" needed, Michael Gove has said. At a House of Commons Education Select Committee he said that this separation of achievement grew larger throughout pupils' school careers, stating, "In effect, rich thick kids do better than poor clever children when they arrive at school [and] the situation as they go through gets worse". [222], According to The Times, in the 2023 cabinet reshuffle, Sunak wanted Gove to become Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, but Gove asked to stay at the levelling up department. 
Gove said the leaked dossier outlined a "worst-case scenario". This time last year, Sarah Vine - aka Mrs Michael Gove - was perhaps the most controversial woman in the United Kingdom, called Lady Macbeth for her bedroom politicking and attacked by many for her pro-Brexit rhetoric. I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. [260], In April 2015, he described his faith in an article for The Spectator. In reaction, Craig Oliver said it would have a negative impact on his run whereas fellow candidate for leadership Dominic Raab said he "admires [Gove's] honesty". [78][79] At the Association of Teachers and Lecturers Annual Conference in March 2013 a motion of no-confidence in Gove was passed. Maximum sentences for the crime of animal cruelty increased, as did protection for animals used by Government services, such as police dogs and horses. [120][121] Gove declined to deny leaking the Queen's comments. Academies were not required to follow the national curriculum, and so weren't affected by the reforms. [94] Gove removed the 12-book limit on prison books introduced by Grayling, arguing that books increased literacy and numeracy, skills needed for making prisoners a "potential asset to society". Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it. [96], Within three months of his taking office, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) voted to stop taking new work in protest at Gove's insistence that they work for lower fees. LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - British lawmaker Michael Gove has been appointed as the country's levelling-up minister by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, his office said on Tuesday. [95] Gove was also praised for his prominent role in scrapping a British bid for a Saudi prison contract. Gove has twice run to become Leader of the Conservative Party, in 2016 and 2019, finishing in third place on both occasions. [4][5] His biological mother, whom he originally believed to have been an unmarried Edinburgh student, was in fact a 23-year-old cookery demonstrator. His wife Sarah Vine (somewhat inaccurately)[243] complained in her Daily Mail column that he could not have his foot X-rayed by the NHS because the minor injuries unit the couple visited did not provide the facility at weekends. [70][71] In March 2012 the Information Commissioner ruled that because emails the Financial Times had requested contained public information they could be the subject of a freedom of information request and ordered the information requested by the paper to be disclosed. [29] Struggling to maintain his career in London,[30] he moved back to Aberdeen and became a trainee reporter at The Press and Journal, where he spent several months on strike in the 19891990 dispute over union recognition and representation. Michael's parents live in Aberdeen. [6] Logan was put into care soon after he was born. Senior minister Michael Gove is no longer self-isolating after he was given special permission to have his daughter tested for the coronavirus - and the result came Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove made a veiled dig at two former Tory ministers, who suggested in sting interviews they would work for a fake Korean firm in exchange for a 10,000 daily rate.. [91] Gove remained in the post of chief whip until May 2015, when the role was taken over by Mark Harper. 
[147] The speech, which gained significant media attention, attacked Corbyn for his foreign policy record, with Tom Rogan of the Washington Examiner describing it as "A tour de force. The UK's housing model is broken and more homes are "desperately" needed, Michael Gove has said. 
[282] Following the separation, Gove lived in an official ministerial residence on Carlton Gardens, St James's. Michael Goves daughter Beatrice has won a place at Grey Coat Hospital School, a Church of England girls comprehensive in Westminster, making him the first [145], May offered Gove the post of secretary of state for exiting the European Union after Dominic Raab's resignation over the Brexit withdrawal agreement in November 2018. He later apologised and clarified that what he had said was not the case. [257], In 2012, Gove was behind plans to provide schools throughout England and Wales with a copy of the King James Bible (inscribed "presented by the Secretary of State for Education") to celebrate the 400th anniversary of its translation into English, though he said he backed the scheme because of the historical and cultural significance of that translation rather than on purely religious grounds. [131], Following the 2017 general election, Gove was promoted to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by May during a reshuffle. [109], In his memoir For the Record, Cameron described Gove during this period as "mendacious", adding: "One quality shone through, disloyalty. [263], Gove's proposal for a new Royal Yacht costing 60 million was made public in January 2012. Known as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government until 19 September 2021. 
Michael Goves daughter Beatrice was all over the news throughout April 2020. First, Beatrice the daughter of Michael Gove and Sarah Vine hit the news after it was revealed that she was to be tested for coronavirus. Then, given she was stuck indoors quarantining, her TikTok videos were the talk of the internet. We hadnt really talked about names before but we both agreed that each of us will retain veto power. Subsequently, Johnson declined to run. Picture: PA By Kate Buck @katebuck96 The daughter of Cabinet Minister Michael Gove was granted "special permission" to be tested for coronavirus - despite thousands of NHS workers having to wait. At the Spectator party on Wednesday Defence Secretary Michael Fallon entertained the idea of getting an Irish passport his father was a Dublin surgeon. [9][47], Gove was the founding chairman of Policy Exchange,[48] a conservative think tank launched in 2002. In the role he advocated the introduction of a Swedish-style education voucher system, whereby parents would choose where their child would be educated, with the state paying what they would have cost in a state school. I did not say, as Mr Gove suggests, that British soldiers in the First World War were consciously fighting for a western liberal order. [218], Gove declined to run in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. [167], Writing in The Sunday Times on 28 July 2019, Gove said that a no-deal Brexit was "a very real prospect" and one that the Government was "working on the assumption of". [56] Gove was seen as part of an influential set of Conservatives referred to as the Notting Hill Set, which included Conservative leader David Cameron, future Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Ed Vaizey, Nick Boles and Rachel Whetstone. [251] Gove said that jihadist terrorists "hate Israel, and they wish to wipe out the Jewish people's home, not because of what Israel does but because of what Israel is free, democratic, liberal and western. [24] In an interview with Andrew Gimson, Gove remarked that at Oxford, Johnson was "quite the most brilliant extempore speaker of his generation". WebBeatrice Gove was born in 2003 (age 19 years) in Surrey, United Kingdom. The liberation of Iraq has actually been that rarest of thingsa proper British foreign policy success. [143], An important aspect of Gove's tenure was the introduction of laws concerning animal welfare. [citation needed] Gove was eliminated in the second ballot after receiving 46 votes, compared to 199 for May and 84 for Leadsom. Michael Gove says progress on fixing the problems have been "piecemeal", but Labour says social homes have been lost. "[188], Gove was co-chair of the EUUK Partnership Council with European Commission vice-president Maro efovi. [151], In May 2019, Gove introduced the Wild Animals in Circuses Bill, banning the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in England. Under Rishi Sunak, Gove was reinstated to his previous roles of Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations. [4] Gove regarded his birthplace as Edinburgh until it was revealed in a biography in 2019 that he was born in a maternity hospital in Fonthill Road, Aberdeen. [250] He has said that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel is anti-Semitic. The ban does not include plug-in hybrid vehicles. [8] After he joined the Gove family, Logan's name was changed to Michael Andrew Gove. Children who failed to write coherently and grammatically, or who were weak in spelling, were penalised in the new examinations. [205] The paper included plans to increase public investment across the UK and expand devolution in England. 
There's a special extra quality you need that is indefinable, and I know I don't have it. [86] Gove told BBC News that he had mixed emotions about starting the new role, saying it was a privilege to become Chief Whip but that leaving the Department for Education was "a wrench".[87][88][89]. [184], Gove was part of a committee of Cabinet ministers, comprising Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock, that made decisions on the COVID-19 pandemic. [177] When Johnson was self-isolating after having been tested positive for COVID-19, Gove stood in for Johnson briefly from 27 March 2020 at the daily briefings of the pandemic,[178] until Gove self-isolated himself after a family member developed COVID-19 symptoms. In September 2011, the Financial Times reported that Gove had used an undisclosed private email account called "Mrs Blurt" to discuss government business with advisers. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove and his journalist wife Sarah Vine have "agreed to separate", a joint spokesman for the couple has said. [183], After Johnson said that the UK had ended trade talks with the EU in October 2020, Gove said that the door was "still ajar" if the EU made changes over issues including fishing access and that "We hope the EU will change their position and we are certainly not saying if they do change their position we can't talk to them". In the 2014 cabinet reshuffle he was moved to the post of chief whip. [175], On 13 February 2020, Gove took on additional responsibilities as Minister for the Cabinet Office, succeeding Oliver Dowden, who had been appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in Johnson's first large reshuffle of his government. [209], Gove attended the 2022 Bilderberg meeting in Washington, D.C.[210], The Telegraph journalist Matthew Lynn attacked Gove's record in government, describing him as the "driving force behind a whole series of terrible policy mistakes". [208] He later announced the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which would arrange for British households to take in Ukrainian refugees. 
A member of the Conservative Party, he has served in various Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. [163] His otherwise non-portfolio role included responsibility for no-deal Brexit preparations, overseeing constitutional affairs, maintaining the integrity of the Union and having oversight over all Cabinet Office policy. Its also been reported that the current home secretary, Priti Patel, is set to confirm whether she plans to stand for the leadership. Gove said: It is often the case that it is truanting or persistent absenteeism that [97] The CBA subsequently praised his "courage" in reversing the proposed cuts. [144] One of the "toughest worldwide bans" on ivory trade was also introduced in 2018. [b] He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath since 2005. 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