Michael Gove – 2022 Comments on the Islands Forum

The comments made by Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, on 3 February 2022.

Talent is equally spread across the United Kingdom, but opportunity is not. Our island communities face shared challenges and I want us to work together to overcome them, as we work to unite and level up the whole UK.

A number of island communities have already benefited from the Levelling Up Fund and Community Renewal Funds. Creating a new Islands Forum takes our commitment one step further and provides a new opportunity for island communities to work together to help their communities prosper.