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Michael Gove grilled on live EU referendum show EU referendum: Exit would boost jobs and manufacturing, says Gove
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Justice Secretary Michael Gove is taking part in the latest live set-piece event of the EU referendum campaign. Leaving the EU would lead to more jobs, a "non-racist" immigration policy and allow the government to help the steel industry, Michael Gove has said.
The pro-Leave minister is being interviewed and taking questions from the audience in a Sky News special. In a live Q&A, the pro-Leave justice secretary urged voters to "trust themselves" and "take back control".
Mr Gove was challenged at the beginning of the interview on the economy and one of the Leave campaign's key claims that the UK sends £350m a week to the EU. He was pressed on his campaign's controversial claim that £350m a week is spent on the EU.
Mr Gove said the important thing was "we don't have control of that money". The Remain side said he had "failed to set out a credible plan for Britain outside the EU".
"Every year we give billions of pounds to the European Union, billions of pounds that we should be spending here… on our NHS and our priorities," he said. Live: Reaction to Michael Gove's interviews
The referendum takes place on 23 June. The UK's EU referendum takes place on 23 June.
Live: Michael Gove faces studio questions The Sky News interview followed Thursday night's show which had a similar format but featured Prime Minister David Cameron, who is campaigning for Remain.
When asked whether he could name any economic authority in favour of an EU exit, Mr Gove said the big names that had come out for Remain "have been wrong in the past". Mr Gove criticised the prime minister's performance, describing it as "depressing" and "an exercise in trying to scare you".
He said 300 business figures had put their name to his campaign. Challenged on the lack of international leaders and organisations backing his side, he said the public had "had enough of experts" saying "they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong".
On the issue of immigration, Mr Gove said: "I would like to see it controlled. The only way we can control migration… is to leave the European Union." He repeatedly targeted the "elites" of the EU and criticised their "invincible arrogance".
He said that, by leaving, the UK could have an "inclusive, non-racist immigration policy that works in the interest of everyone in this country". Questioned on the £350m figure, which has been criticised by the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority, Mr Gove said he was "happy" to have the claim independently audited and described it as "the difference between the total amount we hand over and what we get back".
His interview follows Thursday night's show which had a similar format but featured Prime Minister David Cameron, who is campaigning for Remain. The important thing, he said, was "we don't have control of that money".
The justice secretary described the EU as a "job-destroying machine" but also said: "I can't guarantee every person currently in work in their current job will keep their job."
Vote Leave have been campaigning hard on immigration in recent days, and Mr Gove said that by leaving, the UK could have an "inclusive, non-racist immigration policy that works in the interest of everyone in this country".
He faced several hostile questions from the audience, with one man comparing him to a World War One general sending his soldiers "over the top" with "no idea what's on the front line".
Responding to a Port Talbot steel worker who asked how he should vote to protect his job, Mr Gove said leaving the EU would allow the government "additional flexibility" to step in and support struggling industries.
Afterwards, the Stronger In campaign highlighted Mr Gove's comment about people keeping their jobs, and said Leave could not "name a single expert, economic institutions, business or foreign ally who supports them quitting Europe".
"The Leave campaign and Michael Gove failed to set out a credible plan for Britain outside the EU - and were called out on it by the public," Stronger In said.
Mr Cameron, whose party is split on the EU, has refused to take part in any head-to-head TV debates with fellow Conservatives who back leaving the union.Mr Cameron, whose party is split on the EU, has refused to take part in any head-to-head TV debates with fellow Conservatives who back leaving the union.
But a number of debates and live Q&As are planned, including the BBC's event at Wembley Arena on 21 June.But a number of debates and live Q&As are planned, including the BBC's event at Wembley Arena on 21 June.
Ahead of the hour-long Sky News show, which started at 20:00 BST, Mr Gove said he was feeling "nervous" but was hoping to "allay people's fears" about leaving the EU. In his appearance, the PM was pressed on immigration from within the EU, warning that voting to Leave in order to try to control it would "trash" the economy.
In his appearance, Mr Cameron was pressed on immigration from within the EU, warning that voting to Leave in order to try to control it would "trash" the economy.
Mr Gove and the Leave campaign have been campaigning hard on migration in recent weeks, calling for a points-based system for EU migrants if the UK severs its ties with Brussels.
Vote Leave said ending the principle of free movement would create a "fairer" system - but Remain campaigners said it would mean leaving the single market and could increase migration into the UK.
What TV debates are planned, and when?What TV debates are planned, and when?
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