Dominic Raab’s defenders are wrong – being “tough” doesn’t work
Whether he is guilty of bullying or not, Raab’s managerial style and record in office suggest that he is an…
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Why don’t we have a Department for Housing?
Some political heft and gravitas could provide much-needed focus to this overlooked portfolio.
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What was the point of Sunak’s reshuffle?
The Prime Minister’s reorganisation of four departments has been met with bafflement.
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Up north, Gove quotes Engels and criticises our broken economic model – but he’s stuck for solutions
At the annual Convention of the North, the Levelling Up Secretary was big on rhetoric but short on substance.
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Michael Gove’s coal mine decision is a climate disaster – and it’s only the beginning
Britain’s first new deep mine in 30 years has perpetuated net zero myths that could lead to more fossil fuel…
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Why the Daily Mail’s defence of private schools doesn’t add up
Removing charitable status from private schools won’t lose Labour money – or voters.
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Who’s in and who’s out at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities?
The department, now led by Michael Gove, has churned through ministers. What does it mean for the Tories’ 2019 manifesto…
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Michael Gove’s appointment is a sign that levelling up is back on
Gove’s return is good news for the regions – and a challenge for Labour.
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Labour demands investigation into Rishi Sunak’s comments on taking money from “deprived urban areas”
Lisa Nandy has written to Michael Gove asking for an independent investigation to establish which funding formulas were changed by…
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What does Michael Gove want?
The former cabinet minister’s dissent is helping to create political space for his leadership favourite: Kemi Badenoch.
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Liz Truss’s tax U-turn has emboldened Tory dissenters
The party conference is a festival of discord and the next fight is brewing over plans to cut benefits.
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Michael Winterbottom’s This England is odd and oddly repellent
Kenneth Branagh has captured Boris Johnson’s striding stoop and gibbon arm-swing, but this series is perhaps too kind to him.
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Who will replace Britain’s longest-serving newspaper editor?
John Witherow has stepped down as editor of the Times. The succession pits an “old-school news hound” against an approachable,…
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The next Tory leadership contest has already begun
Those hoping to succeed Liz Truss know that they have to start planning now.
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Why we can’t blame Covid for the state of schools
Funding cuts have left us struggling for well over two years.
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The final act in the Gove-Johnson psychodrama
The pair’s unlikely political alliance began at Oxford, was cemented by Brexit and ended with one last strike of revenge.
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The Palace of Westminster is falling down, just like our political system
We are close to a real chance for reform. It is being caused not by pamphlets or seminars, but the…
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Sponsorship scheme for Ukrainians is “DIY asylum”
The government is leaving potential hosts to find a refugee themselves.
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Michael Gove’s Levelling Up plan looks suspiciously familiar
The central plank of Johnsonism has been begged, borrowed and stolen from elsewhere.
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Why Michael Gove’s cladding plan creates new headaches for the government
The principle that leaseholders shouldn’t be left out of pocket means the government may well have to pay for more…
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