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Social media 鈥榗orrupts鈥� reporting

Michael Gove hits out at social media rumours around welfare

Michael Gove has hit out at the way social media "corrupts and distorts" political reporting and decision making following a row about animal welfare.

The environment secretary said attacks on MPs over a vote on an EU protocol about "animal sentience" had been "absolutely wrong".

So what happened?

(Photo: Michael Gove. Credit: Getty Images)

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