{"id":279642,"date":"2025-04-11T13:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/michael-gove-gets-peerage-in-rishi-sunaks-resignation-honours-list\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T13:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:43:05","slug":"michael-gove-gets-peerage-in-rishi-sunaks-resignation-honours-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/michael-gove-gets-peerage-in-rishi-sunaks-resignation-honours-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Gove gets peerage in Rishi Sunak&#8217;s resignation honours list"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/0f2c\/live\/60f697b0-1203-11ef-82e8-cd354766a224.png?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Michael Gove gets peerage in Rishi Sunak&#8217;s resignation honours list\" title=\"Michael Gove gets peerage in Rishi Sunak&#8217;s resignation honours list\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Michael Gove is among several ex-Conservative ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak&#8217;s resignation honours list.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">The former housing and education secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers before standing down as an MP ahead of last July&#8217;s general election.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Meanwhile, former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly have been awarded knighthoods.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Now editor of the Spectator magazine, Gove was MP for Surrey Heath for nearly 20 years.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">A key ally of Sunak, Gove was appointed his secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities in October 2022, a role he also held under Boris Johnson.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Other cabinet roles he has held include environment secretary, justice secretary and education secretary, when he brought in major changes to exams and the curriculum under David Cameron&#8217;s coalition government.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">A leading figure in the Brexit campaign alongside Johnson, the pair had a fraught relationship.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">In 2016 Gove derailed his friend&#8217;s leadership hopes by running against him. Later, in the dying days of Johnson&#8217;s premiership he was sacked after urging the PM to resign.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3675x23rdxo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Gove is among several ex-Conservative ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak&#8217;s resignation honours list. The former housing and education secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers before standing down as an MP ahead of last July&#8217;s general election. 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