Michael Gove, the long serving Conservative Cabinet Minister, will not stand as an MP at the next election, the BBC understands.Gove, who was elected in 2005, first entered David Cameron’s Cabinet in 2010. He’s been the Surrey Heath MP since 2005.

The South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay MP announces he will be standing down at the election because campaigning “would be impossible at this time”. He returned to Parliament on Wednesday after losing his hands and feet to sepsis. BBC South East

How Rishi Sunak sprung election surprise on Tories

Henry Zeffman examines the background to the PM's unexepected announcement

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Nigel Farage will NOT stand as a candidate at the 2024 General Election.

Chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman had the details on #BBCBreakfast

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How MPs turned to BBC reporter for clarity on election gossip bbc.in/44RMnZU

First stop on the Sunak election campaign in Derbyshire

He’s on a whistle stop tour around UK

One of the advantages of being PM is you know the date before everyone else, so you can plan to hit the ground running

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Big moment and a massive relief for many Conservative MPs

A big story already — keep following our live page for more bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p…

Live from Downing Street #BBCBreakfast on the first full day of the 2024 election campaign

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Let’s go #BBCNewscast #Electioncast

Dates for your diary.

(I am also removing the dates of every single Euro 2024 match from my diary 🫠)

UK general election to take place on 4 July, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces

Follow live coverage bbc.in/3UVr4C7

Will be joining Evan shortly live from an increasingly rainy Downing Street 🎧

BBC One have now interrupted programming for news coverage at 10 Downing Street. It’s on, everyone.

I daren’t.