内容摘要：“Nobody comes here to buy a fondue set – but, who knows, I might leave with one,” he smiles.

“Nobody comes here to buy a fondue set – but, who knows, I might leave with one,” he smiles.

The former housing and education secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers but stood down as an MP before last July's general election.Meanwhile, former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly have been awarded knighthoods.

Outside of politics,and filmmaker Matthew Vaughn have also been given knighthoods.Now editor of the Spectator magazine, Gove was MP for Surrey Heath for nearly 20 years.

A key ally of Sunak, Gove was appointed his secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities in October 2022, a role he also held under Boris Johnson.Other cabinet roles he has held include environment secretary, justice secretary and education secretary.

A leading figure in the Brexit campaign alongside Johnson, the pair had a fraught relationship.

In 2016 Gove derailed his friend's leadership hopes by running against him. Later, in the dying days of Johnson's premiership he was sacked after urging the PM to resign.In early June 2024, it was reported that Williams had placed a bet on the date of the general election.

Approached by the BBC at the time, Williams said he had "clearly made a huge error of judgement that's for sure and I apologise".He refused to comment on whether he knew about the election date when he placed the wager saying it would not be "appropriate" while the Gambling Commission was investigating.

Following the commission's decision to launch an investigation, the Conservative Party pulled its support for Williams and Saunders.Mr Lee and Mason both took leaves of absence from their party roles after the allegations first emerged during the general election campaign.