Gove acted on ‘bogus’ allegations of Islamist plot to take over Birmingham schools

Trojan horse podcast reveals then education secretary went ahead with interventions despite ‘serious credibility gap’

Michael Gove ignored repeated warnings that the “Trojan horse” allegations of an extremist takeover of schools in Birmingham was “bogus” and pressed ahead with divisive interventions, according to evidence revealed in a New York Times podcast.

A briefing in February 2014 for Gove, then education secretary, by Birmingham city council, said it had found “a serious credibility gap” regarding the anonymous letter, saying it contained “serious factual inaccuracies and, in a number of areas, contradictions”, in allegations of an Islamist plot to subvert state schools in the city.

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