Michael Gove is back as he lands key role overseeing Brexit

Michael Gove, sacked by Theresa May and told "go and learn about loyalty on the backbenches", is to make a comeback in a Brexit role. The former justice secretary, accused of "treachery" towards Boris Johnson, has been elected to a powerful new committee of MPs, which will scrutinise the Brexit process in Parliament. The Tory Leave campaigners elected also include the former culture secretary John Whittingdale, former junior minister Dominic Raab and the veteran Tory eurosceptic former cabinet m