Michael Gove has hinted that Boris Johnson could make a comeback during the Conservative election campaign, calling for the whole "Conservative family" to "come together" to save the country from the "nightmare of a Starmer premiership".

He claimed that the Labour leader "cannot be relied upon to stand up for this country".

Asked if he would like to see Boris Johnson come back and campaign with the party, Gove told GB News: "Boris is a great campaigner. What I would like to see is the whole conservative family come together to ensure that this whole country doesn't face the nightmare of a Starmer premiership.

"As the Prime Minister pointed out this week, Starmer is spineless, shameless, he cannot be relied upon to stand up for this country, either against extremist intimidation or in an increasingly competitive world."