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Betting scandal as bad for Tories as Partygate, Michael Gove warns

Laura Saunders, the Conservative candidate for Bristol North West

Tory candidate being investigated over alleged election date bet is 'married to Conservative Director of Campaigns'

Gambling probes into two Tory candidates are a 'betrayal of trust' in Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove has said.

Gove says election bets are ‘betrayal of Prime Minister’s trust’ as second Tory candidate investigated by regulator

Michael Gove said the Conservatives would make it easier to buy housing

Michael Gove defends missed housing targets as he claims getting onto property ladder will be easier under Tories

Ed McGuinness; new ‘constituency home’ turns out to be AirBnB listing

Tory candidate’s new ‘constituency home’ turns out to be AirBnB listing

78 Tory MPs will not stand at the next election

Now Gove and Leadsom quit: Tory exodus continues as number of MPs to stand down hits 78 piling pressure on Sunak

Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom have announced they will step down

Michael Gove and Dame Andrea Leadsom to stand down at General Election as Tory exodus continues

'Genuinely dangerous to be Jewish' near London's pro-Palestinian marches, Michael Gove says

'Genuinely dangerous to be Jewish' near London's pro-Palestinian marches, Michael Gove says

Michael Gove will warn against protesters not doing enough to stop antisemitism in a speech on Tuesday.

Anti-Semitism is ‘canary in the coal mine’ as UK risks ‘descending into darkness’, Gove to warn

Gove spoke about the new definition in the Commons

Michael Gove uses parliamentary privilege to list organisations under review amid new extremism definition

Muslim groups that incite hatred are expected to be named as extremists by the government

Michael Gove defends new definition of extremism amid fears it will stifle free speech

Muslim groups that incite hatred are expected to be named as extremists by Government

Muslim groups that incite hatred to be named as extremists as Gove unveils new definition to ‘protect democracy’

Former Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations at the Metropolitan Police Neil Basu (R) joins LBC

Tories have ‘rushed’ new extremism definition which could ‘become stick to beat police with’, former Met boss warns

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Gove to push for 'Airbnb planning permission' to allow locals to block short-term lets in their neighbourhood

Michael Gove has warned that young people shut out of the UK's housing market could turn away from democracy, in a new intervention.

Gove warns young will abandon democracy if they cannot afford houses in new bid to win over 'Nimbys'

Jeremy Hunt has announced the date of the Spring Budget

Jeremy Hunt fuels speculation of early general election as Spring Budget date set

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LBC can reveal further instances of financial difficulties for Surrey Heath Borough Council.

More financial woe for Michael Gove’s local authority as Surrey Heath Council incurs more debt amid tense exchange

Michael Gove giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry

Michael Gove apologises to bereaved families for government mistakes during Covid

Migrants coming to the UK should be filling roles that no British citizen can occupy or have legitimate asylum claims rather than being “economic migrants” who undercut existing British workers, the Business Secretary has told LBC

Migrants coming to the UK 'have to be the right sort of people' Kemi Badenoch says slamming 'far too high' 2022 numbers

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Michael Gove has insisted soaring migration does not represent a betrayal of Brexit

Soaring migration 'not a betrayal of Brexit', Michael Gove tells LBC, as he insists Govt will drive down numbers

All new houses will be sold as freehold under plans spearheaded by Michael Gove

All new houses to be sold as freehold properties as government pushes to end 'feudal' leasehold system

US Election 2024

Donald Trump Jr accuses Joe Biden of trying to start WWIII

Donald Trump Jr accuses Joe Biden of trying to start WWIII after 'allowing Ukraine to fire US rockets inside Russia'
A Florida-based cruise company is offering disaffected Democrats the chance to escape Donald Trump's second term with a four-year voyage.

Sea you in 2028! US cruiseline offers Democrats four-year voyage to 'escape Trump'

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Trump names oil exec climate sceptic Chris Wright to lead Department of Energy

Zelensky believes Trump will help to resolve the war with Russia

Ukraine-Russia war will 'end sooner' once Trump becomes president, Zelenskyy says

Trump 2024 National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Donald Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest-ever White House press secretary

Trump's aide Stephen Moore has said the UK should align itself with the US on trade rather than pursuing closer ties with the “socialist model” of the EU

Trump aide urges UK to embrace free market over 'socialist' EU - despite banking boss's call to 'rebuild relations'
U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill.

House speaker 'strongly' advises against releasing ethics report on Donald Trump's pick for attorney general Matt Gaetz
From the world's richest man to a 'vaccine sceptic': Trump picks his radical right-wing cabinet.

From the world's richest man to a 'vaccine sceptic': Trump picks his radical right-wing cabinet
Sadiq Khan said Donald Trump should be given 'the benefit of the doubt'

'Let's give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt,' Sadiq Khan tells LBC after war of words with president-elect
Javier Milei met with Donald Trump

Chainsaw-toting Argentina president Javier Milei becomes first foreign leader to meet Trump since election

Latest Politics News

Keir Starmer will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil

Keir Starmer to meet with Chinese President Xi at G20 summit as he pushes for 'pragmatic' relationship
Labour are preparing a series of deals with countries like Kurdistan and Vietnam to deter migrants from crossing into Britain illegally, reports claim.

Labour 'set to strike Italy-style migrant deals' in new bid to stop small boat Channel crossings
Robert F Kennedy Jr

Donald Trump picks anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead Department of Health

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Man who turned up outside Parliament in armour carrying samurai swords wanted to 'speak with Boris Johnson'
Labour divided over assisted dying as MP who introduced bill hits out at Health Secretary

Labour divided over assisted dying bill as MP tabling legislation labels Wes Streeting's objections 'disappointing'
Council tax bills will soar by more than £100 next year Downing Street confirms

Council tax bills to soar by more than £100 next year, Downing Street confirms

Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Holds Election Night Event In West Palm Beach

Donald Trump's grip on power tightens as Republican Party wins majority of seats in House of Representatives
Keir Starmer gives a press conference at Cop29

Starmer unveils new target to slash UK emissions - but insists he 'won't tell Brits how to live their lives'
Keir Starmer at Cop29

Starmer says he 'won't tell people how to live their lives', as he joins Taliban at Cop29 climate change council
The Houses of Parliament

Report calls for ban on jeering in Parliament to end 'old boy's club'