Bitter blow for Rishi Sunak as Michael Gove says he will quit as an MP

All the Tory MPs standing down at the next election and the majorities they holdMr Gove quit after one of his key pieces of legislation was ditched for the election The Housing Secretary’s decision to stand down takes the number of Tory MPs quitting to 77, a post-war record and more than the 72 in the run-up to the 1997 election when Tony Blair’s Labour took power after a landslide victory.

The former Vote Leave campaign leader, alongside Boris Johnson, did at least see his Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill make the statute book but proposals to effectively end ground rents for homeowners were watered down. In a show of support for Mr Sunak as campaigning for the General Election gets under way, he added: “We have a prime minister who I know exemplifies the patriotism, hard work, sense of selfless service and clarity of purpose which are the very best virtues of our party.Former Cabinet minister Greg Clark and veteran Brexit supporter Sir John Redwood were among the Tory MPs who also announced they were standing down on Friday.

The exodus comes after several Tory MPs privately expressed deep concerns about Mr Sunak’s decision to call a snap election with the party trailing Labour by around 20 points in opinion polls.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

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