British Cabinet minister Michael Gove has become the latest high-profile Tory MP to announce he is standing down ahead of the July 4th election.
The Housing Secretary joined a growing parliamentary exodus as he praised Rishi Sunak for representing “the very best virtues” of the Tory party but said “it is time to leave”.
Mr Gove, who has been MP for Surrey Heath since 2005, said: “I know the toll office can take, as do those closest to me. No-one in politics is a conscript.
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