This week, Michael Gove laid out plans to reduce inequality, Labour dithered over the issue of Stamp Duty, and the agenda for our Party Conference was finalised.

A failed generation

Michael Gove this week called for urgent action to reduce inequality and close the "widening gap" between rich and poor.

On Monday, he outlined a series of proposals to strengthen and support families, including a universal health visitor service and the introduction of flexible parental leave.

Later in the week he stressed the importance of education as an "engine of social mobility", and attacked Labour for the fact that 55% of secondary schools in the poorest areas of England are officially 'failing'.

	Watch Michael's video profile
	Read his speech on how to strengthen families

Labour's dithering over Stamp Duty

Philip Hammond has accused Labour of playing "damaging short-term games" with the property market after they raised the possibility of a suspension of Stamp Duty but did not confirm it one way or another.

Philip, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, attacked the uncertainty created by Labour's dithering, stressing that they had undermined the housing market at a historically low point.

And he called for Labour to adopt our plans to lift the Stamp Duty threshold for first-time buyers to £250,000.

Read more about our Stamp Duty plans