DLUHC deserted as Gove goes and Boris Johnson to resign
Michael Gove has left his role as secretary of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), with multiple reports claiming he was sacked by Boris Johnson.
Michael Gove is no longer the housing secretary (picture: Richard Townshend)
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It comes as news has broken this morning that Boris Johnson has decided to resign as prime minister, after a wave of resignations from ministers amid serious allegations against former deputy chief whip Christopher Pincher.
Mr Gove was reportedly fired after previously telling Mr Johnson he had to go.
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A Number 10 source told the BBC: “You can’t have a snake who is not with you on any of the big arguments who then gleefully tells the press the leader has to go.”
Mr Gove had held the role at DLUHC since last September, charged with driving through one of Mr Johnson’s flagship polices of creating greater economic equality across the country known as “levelling up”.
He was overseeing new post-Grenfell building safety laws and was taking a tough line with developers in trying to force them to pay for cladding issues.
DLUHC now has only one paid minister left: Eddie Hughes. Housing minister Stuart Andrew resigned yesterday, followed by Kemi Badenoch and Neil O’Brien. Two parliamentary private secretaries at DLUHC, Duncan Baker and Danny Kruger, also quit.
Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, building safety minister, and Lord Richard Harrington, minister for refugees, are both unpaid ministers.
Mr Gove’s office, Number 10 and DLUHC have been contacted for comment.
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