laura in the studio. and henry at home. michael gove on the front of the ft. michael gove said in the sunday times that young people are being stitched up by the housing crisis. he did and he said young people might lose faith in democracy if they don t get the houses they need. as you have already alluded to, for somebody who has been in government for 14 years with a bum on the seat of the cabinet table, it is a curious thing to be pointing the finger in this way that somehow this is a terrible, terrible problem and now it must be turn to. whereas people who study the housing market, you can pick up any statistics under the sun to show the issue has become more and more and more acute under 14 years of conservative government. there is a weird element to michael gove trying to make like a bystander. the back story is what he s trying to do is persuade other people and government to make sure the legislation he wants to pass goes through and he wants more money for housing i
christmas charts for 2023. millions of people are on the move across the uk as the christmas getaway begins. there have been long queues at the port of dover after a surge in demand for ferries caused by yesterday s eurotunnel strike in france. and road and rail travel is also heavy, with more than 13 millionjourneys predicted between today and sunday. here s our transport correspondent katy austin. the christmas getaway is in full swing after a very bumpy start. train services have been recovering after yesterday s severe disruption. these passengers at leeds were travelling hopefully. i was glad that i wasn t going back last night, so i had friends that were going from euston and everything was kind of chaotic, so. a little bit stressed, cos see if these trains get cancelled, not sure if my train s going to be cancelled or not, so. now that i ve looked, it s all right. there have been long queues at dover s ferry ports, partly put down to a higher demand after a strike at e