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Independence referendum ‘not off the table’, says McAllan

Michael Gove gesturing while speaking, seated as part of a panel

Michael Gove offers to help SNP ministers ‘learn from’ English education reforms

Michael Gove will be the prime minister of a fictional cabinet in The Wargame (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)

New show sees Michael Gove navigate war with Russia as fictional prime minister

Children wave Union flags

Britons asked for views on uniting UK as Javid warns country ‘in peril’

Dudley councillor says parents 'criminalised' for cheap holidays

Plus Financial forecast folly and vindication for Michael Gove: Toby Neal on politics

Johnson says Covid inquiry that criticised chaos in his government ‘muddled’

Ed Sheeran welcomes school curriculum changes to boost study of music

Government announces plan to cut GCSE exam time by up to three hours

Brexiteer Gove ‘knows all about crazy mathematics’, says Treasury minister

Anti-social behaviour not taken seriously since Tony Blair, Michael Gove says

Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary amid pressure to tackle migration

'Axeman' brought in to oversee £300 million cuts at Birmingham Council to retire...

Mark Andrews: 'Daddy' Trump, Kemi's secret hope, and the scandal of Michael Gove...

Louise Casey to appear before MPs after major review of child grooming failures

'Angela Rayner has never visited her Wolverhampton office,' say city Tories

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Planned free schools in doubt as Government launches review

Sandwell Council planning to cut bin collections to fortnightly

'Gove did a political hit job on Birmingham', Labour mayor tells fringe event at...

Michael Gove to be new Spectator editor

Irish golfer Shane Lowry ends Kingspan sponsorship deal after Grenfell report

It is up to UK to pursue firms over Grenfell Tower fire – Micheal Martin

Bring criminal prosecutions against Grenfell Tower cladding firms, urges Gove

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour calls Roger Waters a ‘crank’

Plus 'Why has so little has changed since Grenfell tragedy?' – Andy Richardson

Teenagers withdrawn from GCSEs and missed class due to exam anxiety – survey

Social segregation rises in areas with primary free schools, study finds
The National Education Union said such schools are ‘symbolic of the previous Government’s obsession with pushing gimmicks’.
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Watchdog: RSPB online post branding Sunak and Gove ‘liars’ was inappropriate

What does Labour’s planning rules overhaul entail?

UK Covid-19 Inquiry to publish first report

Michael Gove backs calls to power shift away from civil service

What are Labour’s plans for housebuilding, and how will they work?

Sir Keir Starmer and Pat McFadden joined Richard Parker for a pre-match pint at Wolverhampton's Hail To The Ale micropub

Wolverhampton MP is rewarded with Cabinet role for spearheading Sir Keir's victo...

Sunak warns Labour government would be ‘disaster’ as he battles to save campaign

Cleverly: ‘No knowledge’ of ministers placing election bets as Tory crisis grows

Tory data chief takes leave of absence amid General Election betting claims

PM: Labour will ‘change every rule to stay in government once they get power’

In Pictures: Hard hats on as Gove and Starmer attempt to talk housing

Election campaign day 29: Betting scandal takes hold for the Tories

Tory campaign director takes leave of absence amid election betting ‘scandal’

Tories not defeated yet, says Gove as he insists election not in ‘Fergie time’

Second Tory candidate faces Gambling Commission investigation into election bets

What to expect on the General Election campaign trail on Thursday

Tories claim first-time buyers will be ‘hammered’ by stamp duty under Labour

Tories urge Labour to rule out scrapping council tax referenda

How the timeline for banning new petrol and diesel cars has shifted

Tory candidate defends renting Airbnb property in prospective constituency

‘Not unnatural’ for veteran Tories like Gove to be quitting, minister insists

Nearly 80 Tory MPs quitting ahead of General Election in post-war record exodus

What the papers say – May 25

Veteran minister Michael Gove becomes latest high-profile Tory to stand down

Gove accuses protest organisers of not doing enough to stop ‘anti-Jewish hate’

Gove admits ‘regret’ over number of children living in temporary accommodation

Levelling up failures unforgivable, Starmer says as he warns on council spending

Councillors told tenant could die 'because of dodgy landlords ripping them off'

Boris Johnson like an ‘absent football manager’ during pandemic, inquiry told

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