Lord Gove confirms Sky News story about grooming 'cover up' in Whitehall

Lord Michael Gove has confirmed a report from Sky News this week that Whitehall officials tried to convince him to go to court to cover up the grooming scandal in 2011. The allegations of a cover-up were first made to Sky News by former Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings in an interview, and the claims were substantiated by other sources as well. The Department for Education and Rotherham Council were approached for comment earlier this week on the claims first made by Dominic Cummings, revealed by Sky News. Read the latest: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-starmer-trump-israel-iran-labour-12593360 #michaelgove #crime #groominggangs #gangs #politics #uknews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales