Michael Gove MP

Dear Stephen, The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) You have told today’s Daily Telegraph a Labour government would ‘scrap’ the EBacc. You said the EBacc ‘is at best an irrelevance and in some cases it is distorting young people’s choices so... Continue to article

  BY PAUL WAUGH AND SAM MACRORY       "I still write prescriptions for people here and I can still treat people in an emergency…It’s a very convertible currency.”  Sitting in his Commons office, Dr Liam Fox has a characteri... Continue to article

  One of the loneliest jobs around will have felt even more isolating than usual for David Cameron recently. Grumbling backbenchers, voting against your Government’s legislative agenda. Cabinet colleagues, perhaps with leadership ambiti... Continue to article

COMMONS CHAMBER 11.30am: Welsh questions 12.00 noon: Prime minister’s questions Main business Queen’s Speech debate on economic growth (opposition speakers: Shadow chancellor Ed Balls and shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie) ... Continue to article

WEDNESDAY MAY 15 COMMONS CHAMBER 11.30am: Welsh questions 12.00 noon: Prime minister’s questions Main business Queen’s Speech debate on economic growth (opposition speakers: Shadow chancellor Ed Balls and shadow Treasury ministe... Continue to article

Business secretary Vince Cable speaks at the British American Business Council transatlantic conference in Birmingham (20.00) Education secretary Michael Gove delivers the Centre for Policy Studies Keith Joseph memorial lecture in London... Continue to article

Michael Gove’s suggestion at yesterday’s Spectator Education Conference that teachers should work longer days and have shorter holidays didn’t go down well with the NUT rep in the audience. She told h... Continue to article

  Margaret Thatcher would no doubt be quietly satisfied that in the week after her death she dominated the political landscape in just the way she used to in her heyday. The demise of Britain’s first woman Prime Minister – a woman who u... Continue to article

Michael Gove may have taken 'children and families' off his department's name, but he can not pretend that welfare reforms do not affect children's education, argues Laura McInerney Continue to article

Quelle surprise. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has passed a "vote of no confidence" in Michael Gove and the new head of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw, accusing them of failing to improve educ... Continue to article

Real Britannia: Our Ten Proudest Years – The Glory and the Spin Colin Brown One World Publications £16.99 This is a truly remarkable book. Written by a top quality journalist rather than by a trained historian, it approaches the ten most ... Continue to article

WORDS: SAM MACRORY The Liaison Committee is a bit like an extended psychotherapy session. A sorrowful David Cameron flings off his jacket, leans forward in his chair, admits to mistakes – and blames all his problems on everyone else.  M... Continue to article

Thank you, Nadhim, for that kind introduction. And thank you, Tim, for inviting me to speak here today. I remember when Conservative Home was founded, eight years ago, and we both campaigned against the proposal to end the right of party me... Continue to article

COMMONS CHAMBER 11.30am: International development questions (topicals at 11.53am) 12.00 noon: Prime minister’s questions Ten minute rule motion: Bishops (Consecration of Women) Bill (Diana Johnson, Lab, Kingston upon Hull North) ... Continue to article

The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats are expected to publish their respective proposals for press regulation ahead of a Commons vote on Monday Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is expected to make an announcement on reviewing the NHS co... Continue to article

Who in their right mind would want to be Chancellor of the Exchequer? OK, Ed Balls, Philip Hammond, Vince Cable, Michael Gove, David Miliband, Danny Alexander... I hear the denials all round (except from Labour figures – now that would be ... Continue to article

  This morning's WaughRoomMemo (sign up here if you don't yet subscribe) had my thoughts on last night's Eastleigh result. Here's a chunk of my verdict:   FRIDAY 1ST MARCH The first day of spring has sprung and Eastleigh means t... Continue to article

WORDS: SAM MACRORY It’s overworked, badly supported and, most of the time, an utterly thankless task. Her Majesty’s Opposition may enjoy a royal stamp of approval, but the day job is anything but majestic. Rare are the occasions when a Sha... Continue to article

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