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| Gove admits 'dream of home ownership receding and wages stagnating' after years of Tory government | |
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| Wages and home ownership rates have been worsening for millions of people under the Conservatives, Michael Gove has admitted. | Wages and home ownership rates have been worsening for millions of people under the Conservatives, Michael Gove has admitted. |
| In a speech to launch his campaign to lead the Conservative party the Justice Secretary said many Britons had been left as “flotsam and jetsam” under successive governments. | In a speech to launch his campaign to lead the Conservative party the Justice Secretary said many Britons had been left as “flotsam and jetsam” under successive governments. |
| He blamed the changes on immigration and globalisation and said the problems had only been revealed by the referendum. | He blamed the changes on immigration and globalisation and said the problems had only been revealed by the referendum. |
| “It has left people behind. That it has left a stratified and unequal society,” he said. | “It has left people behind. That it has left a stratified and unequal society,” he said. |
| “That it has broken the British contract which said: if you work hard and throw everything you’ve got into building a better life - then that better life can be built. | “That it has broken the British contract which said: if you work hard and throw everything you’ve got into building a better life - then that better life can be built. |
| “The referendum showed in stark relief that there are two Britains: those who can reap the benefits of globalisation and those who are flotsam and jetsam in its powerful flows of global capital and free labour. | “The referendum showed in stark relief that there are two Britains: those who can reap the benefits of globalisation and those who are flotsam and jetsam in its powerful flows of global capital and free labour. |
| “For millions, the dream of home ownership is receding and wages are stagnating. For millions this is not a brave new world but an uncertain new world. | “For millions, the dream of home ownership is receding and wages are stagnating. For millions this is not a brave new world but an uncertain new world. |
| “And for all Britain’s power and prosperity, for millions this is still not a land of opportunity.” | “And for all Britain’s power and prosperity, for millions this is still not a land of opportunity.” |
| Former Labour leader Ed Miliband seized on the comments, and noted that Mr Gove had been at the heart of government since 2010. | Former Labour leader Ed Miliband seized on the comments, and noted that Mr Gove had been at the heart of government since 2010. |
| “And you have been exactly where for six years, Mr Gove?” he said. | “And you have been exactly where for six years, Mr Gove?” he said. |
| Mr Gove’s warning somewhat echoes one of former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who accused the Government of balancing the books on the backs of the most vulnerable in society. | Mr Gove’s warning somewhat echoes one of former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who accused the Government of balancing the books on the backs of the most vulnerable in society. |
| He resigned over the latest tranche of welfare cuts unveiled in George Osborne’s budget. | He resigned over the latest tranche of welfare cuts unveiled in George Osborne’s budget. |
| Mr Gove served in the coalition government from the beginning, appointed as Education Secretary in 2010. | Mr Gove served in the coalition government from the beginning, appointed as Education Secretary in 2010. |
| He recently campaigned against his long-time ally David Cameron to bring Britain out of the European Union, however. | He recently campaigned against his long-time ally David Cameron to bring Britain out of the European Union, however. |