Michael Gove ambushed on TV with top aide admitting Tories dont care about poor

pMichael Gove has been confronted on live TV with footage of Boris Johnsonapos;s top aide saying Tory MPs donapos;t care about the NHS or the poor./p p The senior Tory was forced to disown a data-content-type=news data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-boris-johnson-aide-20789033the 2017 comments by Dominic Cummings/a after being played them in an excruciating interview with the BBCapos;s Andrew Marr. /p pIt came as the BBC host accused both Mr Gove and Labourapos;s Angela Rayner of not telling the truth as the Tories prepared to unveil their election manifesto./p pThe presenter clashed with both parties - over the Tory pledge to put #xA3;500 in workersapos; pockets and the Labour pledge not to raise taxes for earners under #xA3;80,000./p pMr Cummings was a senior aide to Mr Gove when he was Education Secretary before running the Vote Leave campaign and joining Mr Johnson in No10./p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949387.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_Andrew-Marr-Show-London-UK-24-Nov-2019.jpg title=Michael Gove arriving for the BBCapos;s Andrew Marr Show this morning data-portal-copyright=Mark Thomas/REX pHe said at a conference two years ago: quot;People think - and by the way I think most people are right - apos;The Tory party is run by people who basically don#x2019;t care about people like meapos;. That is what most people in the country have thought about the Tory party for decades./p pquot;I know a lot of Tory MPs, and I am sad to say the public is basically correct. Tory MPs largely do not care about these poorer people. They don#x2019;t care about the NHS. And the public kind of has cottoned on to that.quot;/p pHumiliated Mr Gove was shown the clip and forced to respond on the Marr Show./p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949383.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_THP_CHP_241119Slug_12329JPG.jpg title=The squirming Tory was forced to disown the 2017 comments by Dominic Cummings data-portal-copyright=BBC pHe said: quot;He#x2019;s wrong about that - there are a number of occasions where I disagree with Dominic on this issue and some other matters as well.quot;/p pHe added: quot;Dominic was working with me when at the Department for Education we devoted extra spending to our poorest students.quot;/p pMr Marr clashed with both parties over their election pledges./p p The BBC host blasted a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/michael-goveMichael Gove/a for boasting workers would get #xA3;500 a year by cutting National Insurance - saying it quot;isnapos;t actually truequot;. /p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949373.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_THP_CHP_241119Slug_12331JPG.jpg title=The BBC host blasted Michael Gove for boasting workers would get #xA3;500 a year data-portal-copyright=BBC pIn fact, workers would get around #xA3;85 in the first year and #xA3;500 eventually if the policy comes to fulfilment. And low earners wouldnapos;t benefit as they are already under the threshold./p pMr Marr said: quot;It sounds like every time the PM or other ministers say something we need an asterix and the note explaining what they really mean at the bottom!/p pquot;This sounded to people like it was a very clear thing - youapos;re going to get #xA3;500 for this - and it turns out, no youapos;re not.quot;/p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20747110.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/1_Cabinet-Ministers-Attend-Meeting-In-Downing-Street.jpg title=Dominic Cummings is a top aide in No10 data-portal-copyright=Peter Summers pMr Gove insisted the pledge will be fulfilled by the end of a parliament in 2024./p pMeanwhile, Shadow Education Secretary was barracked over Labourapos;s pledge not to raise Income Tax, National Insurance or VAT for earners below #xA3;80,000./p pMr Marr pointed out Labour has pledged to remove the Married Tax Allowance, which cuts Income Tax for couples with one low earner by up to #xA3;250 per year./p pquot;Iapos;m really sorry Angela Rayner but you are not being honest with the public,quot; the BBC host said./p pMs Rayner did not dispute the allowance would be scrapped but still insisted: quot;Everybody bar the top 5% will be better off under Labour.quot;/p pShe said thanks to Labourapos;s spending on tuition fees, childcare, public services, police and the NHS quot;the net value to families across the country is going to be significantquot; under a Corbyn government./p pShe added: quot;To suggest that Iapos;m being anything but honest I think is disingenuous.quot;/p p The shadow education secretary was also challenged on whether a future a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/labour-partyLabour/a government would take a position on the deal it would negotiate with Brussels or not. /p pquot;Well, thatapos;s a hypothetical,quot; she told The Andrew Marr Show./p pMs#xA0;Rayner#xA0;said her party will negotiate a deal that puts jobs and environment protections first and which will deal with the Northern Ireland border./p pquot;Within six months weapos;ll put that back to the people and the people will decide, and then weapos;ll move on,quot; she said./p pMs#xA0;Rayner#xA0;said: quot;I think some of the problems that we have at the moment is the framing of this is that everybodyapos;s Remain, and thatapos;s just not true./p pquot;Actually the country did vote to leave the European Union, and weapos;ve said we respected that, so weapos;re not going to be like the Lib Dems and just ignore that./p pquot;We will negotiate a deal and weapos;ll put that back to the people, and they will have the ultimate say, and then weapos;ll move on.quot;/p