During a period earlier this year, the pair were not on speaking terms, The Times reported. They are now said to have
a working relationship, but are no longer close.
The two were previously political allies, and Mr Gove supported Ms Badenoch when she ran to become leader of the Conservative party last summer.
Writing in The Sun after he was sacked by Boris Johnson in July, Mr Gove praised her “ focus, intellect and no-bulls—drive”.
“As I reflect on what it takes to deliver in government – on the mistakes I’ve made, the lessons I’ve learnt, the progress I helped secure – I know one thing is true above all. If you want to drive change, empower the right people. Kemi Badenoch has the Right Stuff,” he added.
Ms Badenoch is seen as a leading candidate to take over from Rishi Sunak as Tory leader, while Mr Gove, known as one of the most original political thinkers in the party, is overseeing projects that spell out a potential new direction for Conservatism, such as the reform of the leasehold system.
At the Conservative Party conference last month, Ms Badenoch described focus on her leadership ambitions as a “problem”. She was once viewed as a champion of the “anti-woke” cause and during her leadership campaign stated that Britain was “the best country in the world to be black”.
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