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petrol prices are set to crash through the £2 per litre barrier across the country.Yesterday saw the first few petrol stations hit that mark, with one in Gateshead hitting 202.9p per litre.The wholesale oil price rose by around 6% in the last week, and shows no signs of slowing down.And yesterday's jump, which saw pump prices go up 2p a litre in just one day, was the biggest daily rise in 17 years.This could see a family facing the shocking cost of around £100 per tank if they want to fill up.The shocking rise has seen the RAC call for “radical government intervention”, which has so far seen just a 5p cut in fuel duty implemented in March – which has already been engulfed by further rises.RAC spokesman Simon Williams said: “More radical government intervention is urgently needed, whether that’s in the form of a further reduction in fuel duty or a VAT cut.“As it is, drivers surely won’t be able to cope unless something is done to help.“This is fast becoming a national crisis for the country’s 32 million car drivers as well as countless businesses.”And AA fuel price spokesman Luke Bosdet said: “Shock and awe is the only way to describe what has been happening at the pump during the half-term break.“Little wonder that nearly half of drivers stayed at home for the Jubilee extended bank holiday.“The forces behind the surge have been oil jumping back above 120 US dollars a barrel for the first time since late March, combined with petrol commodity prices being boosted by summer motoring demand.”The government's response came by way of Housing Secretary Michael Gove, who claimed on Sky News this morning (June 9) that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is “on the side of those people who are struggling".Speaking on Sky News, he said: “The

A new bill is set to be introduced to parliament today (June 8) that will affect those who rent or let a property in the UK. Social housing landlords who are failing their tenants by putting them in unsuitable living conditions will face 'Ofsted-style' inspections and unlimited fines under the new Social Housing Regulation Bill.

A Greater Manchester Tory MP has been accused of "losing the plot" by a neighbouring Labour politician over his 'Lexit' campaign to separate the town of Leigh from the borough of Wigan. Wigan MP Lisa Nandy said the Government should be trying to tackle rising inflation rather than "trying to build walls between Wigan and Leigh" as part of the plan put forward by Leigh MP James Grundy.

Steeped in history but all too often overshadowed by its neighbour Manchester, Oldham is frequently cited in both local and national conversations about ‘levelling up’.

Westminster are wondering: is Carrie Johnson’s influence on Downing Street waning? Planned bans on foie gras and fur, which are thought to be Carrie’s main policy interests, were dropped shortly before the Queen’s speech, due to internal Tory arguments. Carrie was central to No 10 gatherings in the partygate scandal, for which she and the PM were fined by police. Some of her reported friends have left No 10 staff, including Spad Henry Newman.

Dan Walker questioned Levelling Up and Housing Secretary Michael Gove's behaviour during an interview, which some claimed was erratic. Gove broke into different accents on numerous occasions as he tried to reassure the public that the government was "constantly" looking at ways to relieve the financial crisis."We're constantly looking at ideas in order to make sure that we relieve the pressure on people who are facing incredibly tough times," he claimed to Dan on BBC Breakfast.However, he insisted: "That doesn't mount up to an emergency budget, which some people immediately thought that it did."Accusing the media of exaggerating, he added: "It is an example of some commentators chasing their own tails."[They are] trying to take a statement that is commonsensical, turning it into a major capital letters news story, and in fact when the Treasury quite rightly say 'Calm down', then people, instead of recognising that they've over-inflated the story in the first place, then say 'Ooh, this is clearly a split'," he added.During the interview, Gove appeared to speak at a faster than usual pace and broke into different accents repeatedly, from Northern English to American.A puzzled Dan announced to over 756,000 followers: "I’ve watched our interview back a few times now."Still trying to work out what happened."He added on the app: "I hope Mr Gove is ok."His post prompted viewers to blast that the Housing Secretary was "out of his depth"."I see this as Mr Gove taking the mickey out of journalists and media celebrities, and quite naturally they don’t like it and are making a big thing of it," @KevRic_EvaWre wrote."He's horribly out of his depth and clearly being undone by the pressure.

Susanna Reid, 51, has fumed at Michael Gove on Twitter after his appearance on Good Morning Britain today.Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove was given a dressing down by the presenter on the ITV news programme. She tore into the minister over the cost-of-living crisis and demanded to know why he would not remove VAT on energy bills to help citizens.On Twitter, Susanna continued her anger against Gove as she typed: “In 2016 Michael Gove wrote a newspaper article saying VAT on fuel bills hit the poorest hardest & we should Brexit to remove VAT. “In 2022 he says removing VAT would help the wealthiest most and we shouldn’t do it.”The mother-of-two also shared a video clip from GMB showing her grilling of Gove, as she questioned why he campaigned for removing VAT on energy bills previously, but was now not supportive of the change.However, some of her followers also seemed frustrated that it appeared Gove was unable to fully answer Susanna’s questions without interruption.@BcfcDavid wrote: “During the whole 1 min 6 seconds of this video, there were only 13 seconds where you didn't speak or talk over him.Seriously, what's the point? Hold ministers to account but let us listen to what they have to say.”(sic)@zx_spectrum_30 remarked: “Whilst removing VAT for everyone would be lovely, the tax just gets raised somewhere else so I would like the rich to carry on paying it, but have some means of removing/rebating/supporting those that really need it.

BBC Breakfast presenter on whether there would be an emergency budget to ease the cost of living crisis.While denying the rumours of an imminent emergency budget, the cabinet minster said: "The Prime Minister was making the point we are constantly looking at ideas to relieve the pressure on people facing incredibly tough times."Then he starts to wave into an accent as he continues: "But that doesn’t amount to an 'emergency budget'."Mr Gove carries on and accuses journalists of "chasing their own tails" with regards to the rumour. In an attempted American accent, he calls on the commentators for trying to turn Prime Minister Boris Johnson's comment "a major, capital letters, big news story!"He used a Liverpudlian accent, impersonating Harry Enfield’s Scouser impression, to suggest people “calm down” over the lack of extra financial support before the autumn budget.

The government's plans to provide equal opportunities across the UK have been made even more difficult by rising prices, according to Michael Gove.

The UK turns out way more hairdressers than it actually needs, former government Minister Lord David Sainsbury told an audience at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum this week. Not just a few more - but something like 50% more hairdressers than our economy requires. And at the same time, a lack of skilled workers in the technical areas prized by industry is putting off big companies from investing in cities like Manchester's. There are some 11,500 job vacancies in digital jobs across Greater Manchester and 54% of employers across the region cannot fill their job vacancies. Clearly something is going wrong in the way the city's education system provides young people with the skills they need for the world of work, with many further education (FE) colleges equipping them with qualifications that employers don't need and that don't serve the city's wider interests. The question is what to do about it. And at the Science and Industry Museum event there were growing calls for central government to hand control of the whole system of post-16 education over to local leaders like Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

Leigh’s MP James Grundy has given a timeline for his Lexit proposal which he hopes to be ready to put forward before the next general election. Lexit is the name given to the plan for Leigh’s exit from the Wigan borough.

An Islamic State fanatic has been found guilty of murdering MP Sir David Amess at a constituency surgery in Essex. Ali Harbi Ali stabbed the politician to death in a Leigh-on-Sea church on October 15 last year.

Boris Johnson was accused of being a “threat to national security” following reports he was at a Tory party fundraising event on the night Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine.

Gogglebox fans couldn't hold back their praise for Channel 4 favourite Mica Ven following her criticism of the Homes for Ukraine scheme. It comes after the government launched it's Home for Ukraine website which allows people who want to host a refugee to sign up, with 100,000 people putting their name forward on the first day.Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove said each household housing a refugee will be offered £350 a month, tax free, under the scheme.Gogglebox often shows families watching lighthearted and comedic shows, but on Friday (March 18), the families tuned into a BBC News segment.With the scheme being the focus of the segment, Mica was quick to share her thoughts as she discussed them with her partner Marcus Luther.She said: "Not being funny, this isn't the first refugee situation, you know what I mean? How come only now there's incentives to encourage people to help refugees?"Mica's comments were immediately praised by fans, with many taking to Twitter in a flurry to show their support for her.One user wrote: "Mica talking truth there!"While another added: "Good on Mica for calling out the hypocrisy regarding refugees."A third wrote: "Mice speaking sense."While Mica was praised for her comments, elsewhere in the episode she left viewers in hysterics after realising she was caught in the ultimate fashion blunder.She was seen lying on her back with her legs in the air while Marcus attempted to help her pull up her jeans.However, the thing that truly had fans laughing was Mica's warnings to Marcus as she told him to "never tell anyone" that he was forced to help her get her jeans on.She said: "If you ever tell anyone you know that I've got to go through this...

The UK has launched its Homes for Ukraine scheme to help those who have been forced to escape the country following Russia's invasion.

Michael Gove has signalled he will work with Nicola Sturgeon to allow thousands of Ukraine refugees into the UK before they are matched with host families.

London mansion.The £25 million mansion in the posh corner of Belgrave Square, near Knightsbridge, was "liberated" by a group of squatters who climbed up to the portico above the entrance.They draped several banners from the balconies with messages to tell Russia's president Vladimir Putin "go f*** yourself" and calling the Russian oligarchs "power breed parasites".When the man lets go of the bag of what it is claimed to be rice cakes, it soars through the air only to get blown back onto the roof of the police van.He quickly covers his face in embarrassment and tries to leave the scene as an officer turns to him.Another video then showed him being surrounded by police and given what seems like a stern talking to.Greg wrote in his Twitter post: "A group of protesters have occupied Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s London mansion."Surreal scenes as they hold a press conference from the balcony, with reporters behind a police cordon."Someone now getting a telling-off from police after trying to throw a bag of food up to the occupiers, and landing it on top of a police van."All that’s behind it is a packet of rice cakes that weren’t thrown powerfully enough."For more stories from the Daily Star, sign up to one of our newsletters here.The protesters reportedly broke into Deripaska's home just 24 hours after cabinet minister Michael Gove told the BBC’s Sunday (March 13) Morning programme that the UK properties of sanctioned Russians could be used by the government.He said: "There’s quite a high legal bar to cross and we’re not talking about permanent confiscation."But we are saying: 'You’re sanctioned, you’re supporting Putin, this home is here, you have no right to use or profit from it – and more than that, while you are not

Russia have been draped from the white stone building's balconies with squatters pictured behind them. Police pulled up outside mega-rich Oleg Deripaska's home in the capital's posh corner of Belgrave Square, near Knightsbridge on Monday morning.

Boris Johnson should sack Priti Patel over her department's handling of the Ukrainian refugee crisis, the leader of the Liberal Democrats has said.

Michael Gove has said he wants to use the homes of sanctioned Russian oligarchs like Roman Abramovich to house Ukrainian refugees.

Scotland stands ready to take 3,000 Ukrainian refugees “as an immediate step”, Nicola Sturgeon has said as she called on the UK government to accelerate the numbers allowed into the country.