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[125], In December 2016, Gove defended a Vote Leave claim that an additional 350million a week could be spent on the NHS when Britain left the EU. [77][78] At the Association of Teachers and Lecturers Annual Conference in March 2013 a motion of no-confidence in Gove was passed. [279] Following the separation, Gove lived in an official ministerial residence on Carlton Gardens, St James's. After he joined the Gove family, Logan's name was changed to Michael Andrew Gove. This morning, he announced that not only that he was running but that 'Boris. Michael Andrew Gove (/ov/; born Graeme Andrew Logan, 26 August 1967) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations since 2021. [154] He also planned to scrap the High Speed 2 rail project and increase school funding by 1 billion. 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[183], Gove was part of a committee of Cabinet ministers, comprising Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock, that made decisions on the COVID-19 pandemic. "[187], Gove was co-chair of the EUUK Partnership Council with European Commission vice-president Maro efovi. That was the year he and his son were rechristened unofficially, in the case of the boy "Martin Luther." "After he went over to Europe, he changed his name," said Robert H. Robinson . [208], Gove attended the 2022 Bilderberg meeting in Washington, D.C.[209], 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". [40] Despite preferring Hillary Clinton to Trump as President of the United States,[129] Gove's interview and consequent defence of it was seen by some[who?] [15] Outside of school, he spent time as a Sunday school teacher at Causewayend Church. Around a third of the money was spent at OKA, an upmarket interior design company established by Viscountess Astor, Cameron's mother-in-law. [174], 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. [13] Gove joined the Labour Party in 1983[14] and campaigned on behalf of the party for the 1983 general election. 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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". [96] The CBA subsequently praised his "courage" in reversing the proposed cuts. [156] In June, reports emerged that Gove had taken cocaine as a journalist in his twenties. [28] Struggling to maintain his career in London,[29] 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. [226][227], In 1997, Gove wrote of capital punishment, which was abolished in the UK in 1965, arguing in The Times that, "Were I ever alone in the dock I would not want to be arraigned before our flawed tribunals, knowing my freedom could be forfeited as a result of political pressures. He then began a career as a journalist at The Press and Journal before having a long tenure as a leader writer at The Times. . [102] Despite this, Gove decided to support the Leave campaign. [92] The fee had been heavily criticised for, among other things, causing innocent people to plead guilty out of financial concerns. [255][256], In 2013, Gove credited Cardinal Keith O'Brien with using his intellect to protect the vulnerable in Scotland whilst regretting the absence of a similar figure in the Kirk. [207] He later announced the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which would arrange for British households to take in Ukrainian refugees. The ingenuity, idealism and intelligence of the Iraqi people can now find an outlet in a free society rather than being deployed, as they were for decades, simply to ensure survival in a fascist republic that stank of fear. at various Conservative and Liberal Democrat rebels who contributed to defeating the coalition government's motion to attack Syria in retaliation for the 2013 Ghouta attacks. [211][23] A Downing Street source described him as a "snake" following the sacking. [233], Tariq Ali once recalled how, at the time of the Iraq War, he "debat[ed] the ghastly Gove on television [ and found him] worse than most Bush apologists in the United States. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. "[250][251], Some of Gove's key points were rebuffed by the academics that Gove had used to support his thesis. Hulton Archive/Getty Images. "[258][259], In 2016, he credited his Christian faith for his focus as Justice Secretary on redemption and rehabilitation. [60], With the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government following the hung parliament after the 2010 general election, Gove became Secretary of State for Education. Gove said he would repay the claim for the cot mattress, but maintained that his other claims were "below the acceptable threshold costs for furniture" and that moving house was necessary "to effectively discharge my parliamentary duties". [184] In a COBR meeting he chaired on 24 November 2020, he agreed, with the leaders of the UK's devolved governments, to a set of rules governing social mixing for the whole of the country over the Christmas period. Under Prime Minister Sunak, Gove was reinstated to his previous roles of Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations. As the protesters attempted to surround him, he was protected by police officers and escorted to a nearby building. [205] It was reported that parts of it had been copied from Wikipedia. [95], 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. [23] In an interview with Andrew Gimson, Gove remarked that at Oxford, Johnson was "quite the most brilliant extempore speaker of his generation". She said: "My whole life fell away. 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"Daddy King himself said he changed the name because he had an uncle named Martin and an uncle named Luther, and he was following his father's wishes to change the name," the Stanford professor explained. [169] That month, an official Cabinet Yellowhammer document leaked, predicting that a no-deal Brexit would lead to food, medicine and petrol shortages. The fourth ballot saw him gain 61 votes, moving him into second position. Today we've been pushing forward on the vaccine rollout and post-Covid economic recovery", "Reshuffle Latest: Truss Becomes Foreign Secretary, Gove Moves To Housing", "The Rt Hon Michael Gove @MichaelGove has been appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government @MHCLG He takes on cross-government responsibility for levelling up. [142] Concerns were also raised about the selection process for the job, which was overseen by Sir Ian Cheshire, the chairman of Goldsmith's investment firm, Menhaden Capital Management. [115] Later that day, it was announced that May had won the first round of voting, with support from 165 MPs, while Andrea Leadsom received 66 votes and Gove trailed with 48. [254], 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. Next year, while the world goes into recession, Iraq is likely to enjoy 10% GDP growth. Michael Gove has failed to name a single change from Brexit that has "made business easier", as criticism of the economic harm from the trade deal grows.Source: BBC. [132], After his appointment, Gove announced that a microbead ban would be put into place by the end of 2017. Standards in mathematics and science were also strengthened. Your IP: [57] While he was moving between homes, on one occasion he stayed at the Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa in Bagshot, Surrey, following a constituency engagement, charging the taxpayer more than 500 per night's stay. "[104] When in an interview it was claimed that there was no expert opinion to support this, Gove remarked that "the people of this country have had enough of experts from organisations with acronyms saying they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong. [63] He apologised, however, when the list of terminated school-building projects he had released was found to be inaccurate; the list was reannounced several times before it was finally accurately published. [73][74], In June 2012, Michael Portillo backed Gove to be a serious contender in a future race for the Conservative Party leadership,[75] though Gove had said in an interview a few months before that "I'm constitutionally incapable of it. 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