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| Theresa May and Michael Gove to face MPs' questions | Theresa May and Michael Gove to face MPs' questions |
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| Home Secretary Theresa May and Education Secretary Michael Gove are both to face questions from MPs after their row over how to tackle extremism. | Home Secretary Theresa May and Education Secretary Michael Gove are both to face questions from MPs after their row over how to tackle extremism. |
| Mr Gove was already scheduled to update MPs on the report into the alleged plot by hardline Muslims to take over some Birmingham schools. | Mr Gove was already scheduled to update MPs on the report into the alleged plot by hardline Muslims to take over some Birmingham schools. |
| But Speaker John Bercow has now agreed to Labour asking an urgent question about Mrs May's actions in the role. | But Speaker John Bercow has now agreed to Labour asking an urgent question about Mrs May's actions in the role. |
| Her special adviser quit and Mr Gove apologised, after a No 10 inquiry. | Her special adviser quit and Mr Gove apologised, after a No 10 inquiry. |
| Labour says Mrs May would have breached the ministerial code if she had been aware of the publication of a letter attacking Mr Gove. | Labour says Mrs May would have breached the ministerial code if she had been aware of the publication of a letter attacking Mr Gove. |
| The letter, which appeared on the Home Office website late at night but was later withdrawn, was a private note from the home secretary to her cabinet colleague in which she suggested his department had failed to act over alleged plots to take over state schools in Birmingham. | |
| Its publication fuelled the briefing war between the two senior Cabinet ministers. | |
| Asked whether Mrs May had broken the ministerial code, the PM's official spokesman said: "The home secretary did not know about the decision to publish the letter." | Asked whether Mrs May had broken the ministerial code, the PM's official spokesman said: "The home secretary did not know about the decision to publish the letter." |
| The spokesman declined to say who was responsible for publishing the letter, but the resignation at the weekend of Mrs May's special adviser, Fiona Cunningham, suggests No 10 believed she released the letter without her boss's approval. | The spokesman declined to say who was responsible for publishing the letter, but the resignation at the weekend of Mrs May's special adviser, Fiona Cunningham, suggests No 10 believed she released the letter without her boss's approval. |
| Mr Gove has also apologised to Home Office counter-terror chief Charles Farr after comments critical of him appeared in the Times, attributed to a Department for Education source. | Mr Gove has also apologised to Home Office counter-terror chief Charles Farr after comments critical of him appeared in the Times, attributed to a Department for Education source. |
| The No 10 comments came after a meeting of the Extremism Taskforce attended by both Mr Gove and Mrs May, which was described as "a good, constructive meeting". | The No 10 comments came after a meeting of the Extremism Taskforce attended by both Mr Gove and Mrs May, which was described as "a good, constructive meeting". |
| That meeting was held shortly before the publication of the Ofsted reports into the alleged attempted takeover of some schools in Birmingham by hardline Muslims. | That meeting was held shortly before the publication of the Ofsted reports into the alleged attempted takeover of some schools in Birmingham by hardline Muslims. |
| It was differences over how to respond to the alleged plot which led to the differences between the two senior Conservative cabinet ministers. | It was differences over how to respond to the alleged plot which led to the differences between the two senior Conservative cabinet ministers. |
| The Downing Street spokesman said: "In terms of what happened last week, by definition there are things that should not have happened that did happen. As a result, you have seen the action that has been taken. | The Downing Street spokesman said: "In terms of what happened last week, by definition there are things that should not have happened that did happen. As a result, you have seen the action that has been taken. |
| "The prime minister believes that the right and necessary course of action has been taken, based on the facts that he asked for." | "The prime minister believes that the right and necessary course of action has been taken, based on the facts that he asked for." |
| The spokesman added: "Now all the focus is on the issues around risks to children linked to extremism and the like in some parts of the UK." | The spokesman added: "Now all the focus is on the issues around risks to children linked to extremism and the like in some parts of the UK." |
| Labour's Yvette Cooper said on Sunday she believed the home secretary still had questions to answer. | Labour's Yvette Cooper said on Sunday she believed the home secretary still had questions to answer. |
| She told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "In this row we've seen the education secretary apologise, the special adviser to the home secretary resign, but we've so far heard nothing from the home secretary even though it looks pretty clear that she has breached the ministerial code by writing and then authorising the publication of this letter." | She told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "In this row we've seen the education secretary apologise, the special adviser to the home secretary resign, but we've so far heard nothing from the home secretary even though it looks pretty clear that she has breached the ministerial code by writing and then authorising the publication of this letter." |