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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Gove

Soundbites won’t solve London’s housing shortage

City comment: Michael Gove’s comments are all well and good, but the signs on the ground paint a much gloomier picture

Evening Standard

What are Government’s latest housing proposals and will they help with crisis?

The Government said it is still committed to building 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says net zero strategy must be ‘proportional and pragmatic’ – as it happened

Uxbridge and South Ruislip byelection win has led to some Tories arguing green measures that drive up costs for people should be delayed or abandoned

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Watch live: Michael Gove to announce plans to build one million homes

Watch live as Michael Gove sets out the Tory government's measures it says it will undertake to meet its 2019 manifesto pledge of building one million homes.

The Independent UK

2030 ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars is ‘immovable,’ says Michael Gove

But he says the costs of net zero policies on households will be taken into account when deciding anti-global warming measures

Evening Standard

Sunak confirms bulk of Britain’s new homes will not ‘concrete over the countryside’ as Gove announces reforms

Rishi Sunak confirmed that government is on course to meet its target of building one million homes between 2019 and 2024

The Independent UK

Sunak promises new focus on inner-city housebuilding projects

PM vows to avoid ‘concreting over the countryside’ as Michael Gove prepares to set out housing initiative

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Michael Gove says Government must not treat environment as ‘religious crusade’

Levelling Up Secretary brands expansion of Ulex ‘unwise’

Evening Standard

As Greece burns, we see the existential climate crisis dragged into shoddy UK party politics. That can’t happen

A terrible lesson is being taken from the Uxbridge vote. Labour must stick to its green agenda, and decent Tories must raise a voice, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan to press ahead with Ulez expansion amid Labour pressure

London mayor is open to ideas to mitigate impact on residents, but not on scheduling of policy some blame for loss of byelection

The Guardian - UK

Tories at war over green policies after Uxbridge by-election shock

Michael Gove says don’t treat environment as a ‘religious crusade’

The Independent UK

Gove to announce plans to make home extensions and loft conversions easier

The Housing Secretary also plans to slash red tape to make it simpler to convert shop space into living space.

The Independent UK

M&S boss calls Michael Gove’s decision to block Oxford Street store revamp ‘utterly pathetic’

Plans to knock down, and rebuild, Oxford Street store were opposed by historic building campaigners

The Independent UK

Ministers given £455,000 in severance payments after year of political turmoil

Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng and Michael Gove are among the senior figures who accepted severance payments after leaving office.

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M&S plans to demolish Oxford St store refused by Michael Gove

Planning inspectors for the local authority had originally recommended that the proposals be approved.

The Guardian - UK

Marks & Spencer refused permission to demolish and rebuild Oxford Street store

M&S says ‘short-sighted act of self-sabotage’ leaves no choice but to review position on UK’s premier shopping street

Evening Standard

Full-blown row erupts after M&S plans to demolish flagship Oxford Street store rejected by Michael Gove

The plans were rejected over concerns that the public benefits did not outweigh the harm to nearby landmarks, including the famous Selfridges department store

The Independent UK

Nappy changes and tantrums over Michael Gove: I took my one-year-old to a music festival

Last year, Ben Olsen and his wife decided to take a pilgrimage to a music festival with a tiny newcomer in tow: their one-year-old Nancy. A year on – after surviving Covid, exhaustion and fox urine – they’ve tried again

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The Guardian - UK

It’s high time Tory baby boomers stopped hoarding their wealth

The new round of austerity is guided by older voters’ insistence on keeping their subsidies and tax breaks – can’t they show some generosity?

The Guardian - UK

If there’s no GP and you can’t buy a pint of milk, what’s the point of Northstowe?

The biggest new town since Milton Keynes is billed as ‘unique’, but provision of even basic services seems to have been forgotten

The Independent UK

Brexit planning helped UK prepare for Covid pandemic, Michael Gove tells inquiry

The senior Tory said preparing for a no-deal EU exit made the Government ‘more match fit’ to deal with the health crisis.

The Independent UK

Watch: Michael Gove gives evidence to Covid inquiry

Watch as Michael Gove gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on Thursday, 13 July.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Can ending tax breaks for private schools smash the ‘class ceiling’?

In today’s newsletter: As Labour reaffirms its pledge to remove VAT exemption from private education, a new report outlines the impacts on the wider system

The Guardian - UK

Rayner attacks Tories over ‘mortgage bombshell’ as Sunak misses PMQs again – as it happened

Rishi Sunak is attending the Nato summit but will fly back to host Tory MPs at No 10 later

The Independent UK

Michael Gove gives £1.9bn of housing cash back to Treasury as ‘nothing to spend it on’

Local government expert Jack Shaw said the government faced ‘significant challenges investing in housing’

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