Thread by @DavidTWilcock

Michael Gove tells @ChoppersPodcast that Truss/Kwarteng income tax cuts are ‘not wise or necessary at this time’.

Doesn’t rule out voting against them but suggests he would like them removed before it comes to the Commons

Michael Gove says Liz Truss is ‘no way’ like a Tory Jeremy Corbyn, adds that ex-Labour leader is an ‘eccentric fringe figure with unsavoury friends and bonkers views’.

I’m not a rebel leader, I’m just a backbencher, Gove adds

Not much warmth as Jake Berry replaces Michael Gove @ChoppersPodcast - party chair backs axing of 45p tax rate as a way of boosting growth - including in the North

Jake Berry says he is ‘sad’ Boris Johnson is gone and he should ‘hold his head high’ over what he achieved. ‘But that’s politics.’

‘There are now more Scousers in the Cabinet than Old Etonians’, Jake Berry (Liverpool fan) tells @ChoppersPodcast. This is true of you count St Helens’ Therese Coffey as a Scouser) #CPC22

Jake Berry says he backs fracking, but admits: ‘I often find people are in favour of fracking, just not where they live.’ @ChoppersPodcast #CPC22