Michael Gove

Jenny Gilruth this week condemned 'rote learning, the shallow learning that was applied in England' after pupils south of the Border scored better than Scottish ones in the Pisa tables (Picture: Paul Reid/Getty Images)

Buyer beware

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth

SNP: English pupils did better in Pisa 'due to shallow rote learning'

The Wargame - Key Art jpgs

Analysis The Wargame: Sturgeon stars as ex-Scottish Labour leader has shocker

Education Secretary Mairi McAllan

SNP should take lessons from England on improving standards in schools Scotsman comment

Michael Gove

SNP urged to put aside party politics and learn from English schools

The Sky TV show will star Nicola Sturgeon as a fictional deputy prime minister of the UK.

Nicola Sturgeon to play Deputy PM in TV attack 'simulation'

In 2000, Scotland was among the top five countries in Europe in maths, science and reading. Attainment has subsequently declined. (Picture: Ben Birchall)

Exclusive '20 years of radical change needed to improve Scottish schools'

Gordon Brown addresses a rally in Glasgow on September 17, 2014

Gordon Brown: I was always against Project Fear

Michael Gove said support would need to be “overwhelming”

Indyref2 could happen if support 'overwhelming', Michael Gove says

The SNP has called for a unique Scottish visa

Exclusive SNP write to Anas Sarwar urging support for Scottish Visa Bill

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list revealed as Tories win peerages

Michael Gove, former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, is now the editor of the Spectator

Gove brands Ipso ruling on trans complaint ‘offensive’ to free speech

Natalie Holt

Counting the worth of words to the wise

Michael Gove is the new Spectator editor. Picture: PA

Why Michael Gove has been appointed The Spectator's editor

Home Secretary James Cleverly on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme. Picture: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire

Cleverly: ‘No knowledge’ of ministers placing election bets as Tory crisis grows

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Ross brands alleged betting scandal 'completely unacceptable'

Michael Gove is standing down. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Michael Gove to stand down at election, joining mass exodus of Tory MPs

'Human hand grenade' Liz Truss is a quasi-anarchist – and a warning to us all Stewart McDonald

SNP and Tory clampdowns on 'hate speech' and extremism descend into farce Brian Wilson

Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, announced a new definition of extremism.

New extremism definition attack on human rights, Amnesty International say

Officers from the Metropolitan Police on duty beside the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Who does the new extremism definition unveiled by the UK government affect?

Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters wave flags and carry placards on a march through London on Saturday. Photo: HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

Gove expected to set out new definition in wake of latest pro-Palestinian march

The V&A Dundee museum opened in September 2018.

Dundee's V&A museum gets £2.6m 'Levelling Up' Budget boost for galleries revamp

We must halt the invasion of the US mega farm in our countryside Philip Lymbery

David J Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd (Picture: Laurence Winram)

Housing market must be fair to buyers and renters - David Alexander

Analysis The questions yet to be answered after UK Covid Inquiry's Scottish hearings

Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry

Sturgeon denies secrecy and political motives during emotional evidence session

Witnesses appearing today include Leveling Up Secretary Michael Gove and Jeane Freeman, former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport in Scotland. The inquiry, separate from the Scottish Covid Inquiry, examines the UK's response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Module 2a focusing on the Scottish Government's decision-making regarding the nature and spread of Covid-19. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP ministers motivated by politics at times during Covid, suggests Michael Gove

Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Jeane Freeman giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

Five things we learned from today’s evidence at the UK Covid Inquiry

Former health secretary Jeane Freeman and former first minister Nicola Sturgeon. Image: Andy Buchanan/Press Association.

Former health secretary to be questioned on Covid care home deaths

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is fighting to save his Rwanda bill.

Lee Anderson resigns as Rishi Sunak fights to quell Tory revolt over Rwanda plan

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a spring budget will be set out on March 6. Picture: PA

Jeremy Hunt sets March 6 as Spring Budget date

Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove speaking to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Gove defends 'robust' Rwanda Bill as Sunak dealt blow from Tory right

Ayr is best known for its miles of sandy beaches and ancient harbour. Better cycling and walking routes and more electric vehicle charge points will be funded across North and South Ayrshire thanks to a new round of UK Government grants. Picture: Shutterstock

Scotland given multi-million pound cash injection for towns and rural services

Dominic Cummings uses Covid Inquiry to throw Government under the bus

The key admissions and evidence from Dominic Cummings at the Covid Inquiry

A birds eye view of how the Wimbledon Tennis Club could look by 2028. Picture: AELTC

Wimbledon tennis expansion gets green light amid London green space fears

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Breaking Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government

Rishi Sunak, seen visiting the Shell St Fergus gas plant in Peterhead in July. Picture: Euan Duff/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak vows to take 'every last drop' of North Sea oil

'Polluter pays' principle is under threat Richard Dixon

More renters could be allowed pets if the Renters (Reform) Bill is passed

Nobody should be excluded from the private rental sector - David Alexander

Michael Gove faced questions over the UK Government's energy commitments.

MPs warn against climate change U-turns
The intervention follows Tory MPs urging the Prime Minister to think again on climate promises.

Under the co-operation agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens, the smaller party received two ministerial positions in the Scottish Government

Michael Gove blames the Greens for rows between Scottish and UK Governments

Michael Gove dismisses Humza Yousaf’s new independence strategy

The North East is one of the new investment zones

Glasgow and North East to benefit from tax breaks as 'investment zones'

Secretary of State for levelling up, housing and communities Michael Gove speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London. Picture: Lucy North/PA Wire

Gove: Tories at Covid-era gathering should not be stripped of honours

First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks to the media after speaking at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) forum at the Royal Bank of Scotland Business School in Edinburgh.

Scottish ministers meet to rule on fate of deposit return scheme

UK Government accused of 'sabotage' over Scotland's deposit return scheme

Where does Scotland's deposit return scheme go from here?

Labour leader Keir Starmer seems to have changed his mind about immigration (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Tories are set to lose power but Labour are out of touch with reality

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg delivers his keynote address during the National Conservatism conference at The Emmanuel Centre in London. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Rees-Mogg criticises EU law plans as ‘pathetically under-ambitious’

Michael Gove

SNP will rebrand and shift focus away from independence, predicts Michael Gove

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech during a gala dinner at Hillsborough Castle, Co Down, at the end of the international conference marking the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to give keynote speech at Scottish Tory conference

Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, leaves BBC Broadcasting House after his appearance on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Michael Gove says he believes Boris Johnson told truth on 'Partygate'

Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, leaves BBC Broadcasting House after his appearance on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on March 26, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Michael Gove refuses to lists Nicola Sturgeon's achievements as First Minister

Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack arrives in Downing Street, London.

Deposit Return Scheme: Row over key legal exemption for scheme rumbles on

Has Cabinet minister Michael Gove finally started listening to 'experts' about the damaging effects of Brexit? (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Secret meeting about Brexit suggests new sense of realism – Scotsman comment

The Scotsman Top Stories

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries