• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Elevenses
  • Business
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Property
  • JOBS
  • All
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Sport
    • Tech/Auto
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Elevenses
  • Business
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Property
  • JOBS
  • All
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Sport
    • Tech/Auto
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Politics

Gove forced to correct remarks on children with separated parents after getting government policy wrong

Gove was accused of "making up policy on live TV then having to clarify it's wrong".

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2020-03-24 09:13
in Politics
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

Senior Cabinet minister Michael Gove caused confusion about the Government’s coronavirus restrictions after suggesting children with parents living apart should not travel between them.

Mr Gove was forced to correct his remarks to confirm that children under 18 were permitted to move between their parents’ homes.

The official Government guidance states: “Where parents do not live in the same household, children under 18 can be moved between their parents’ homes.”

But on ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB), Mr Gove said children should not move between separated parents.

“No you should not (move),” he said.

“Children should stay in the household that they are currently in, we should not have children moving between households.”

FFS. This is ridiculous. Govt. making up policy on live TV then having to clarify it’s wrong. Totally unacceptable. https://t.co/8n8GEwTsFW

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 24, 2020

Mr Gove suggested contact with the other parent could be made through social media or other technology and acknowledged the situation was “incredibly difficult”.

GMB presenter Piers Morgan demanded “urgent clarity” from the Cabinet minister, pointing out his comment “directly contradicts” the official guidance.

But on Twitter, Mr Gove corrected his mistake, saying: “I wasn’t clear enough earlier, apologies.

RelatedPosts

Top 20 Jeremy Corbyn quotes

Suella Braverman made front-page news 23 years ago – accused of ‘corruption’

Emily Maitlis nails Guto Harri on Boris Johnson’s culture of lying

Boris Johnson named number one celeb Brits want to see locked up

“To confirm – while children should not normally be moving between households, we recognise that this may be necessary when children who are under 18 move between separated parents.

“This is permissible and has been made clear in the guidance.”

Related: The full text of Johnson’s shut down speech

Content Protection by DMCA.com
Tags: headline

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending

Elevenses: The Thing About Wrexham’s Cinderella Story

Elevenses: Exposing the Tories’ Deepfake Illegal Immigration Bill

Elevenses: Rishi’s Finest Hour

More from TLE

Sunak’s wife held shares in collapsed firm that received £300k taxpayer loan

As oil & gas firms make £900 a sec this thread slams the energy ‘crisis’

Tory Brexiteers’ vote for Theresa May’s deal depend on new leader for party

What is 5G and how fast is it?

“Twisted” killer who tried to claim over £300,000 in life insurance after strangling his wife has been jailed

Wimbledon organisers ban “Oh Jeremy Corbyn” chants ahead of the tournament

Breakfast to Bedtime: Inside London’s All-Day Dining Scene

Five reasons England will lose tonight

‘Rattled’ MP Soubry says cops should’ve stepped in after she was verbally abused outside Parliament

GB boxer shames transgender person labelling picture of male: “I don’t think it’s right for kids to see”

JOBS

FIND MORE JOBS

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.