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  Michael Gove hits out at Theresa May for undermining prime minister
  
  Education secretary says speech setting out political creed played into the hands of the Tory party's opponents
  
  Michael Gove's salvo shows that No 10 believes the growing party indiscipline has spread to the highest levels of the
  
  cabinet.
  
  Michael Gove challenged Theresa May to stop undermining David Cameron when he spoke out at a meeting
  
  on Tuesday of the Conservative political cabinet against prominent Tories who are promoting their leadership credentials.
  
  In a sign of Downing Street's extreme irritation with the home secretary, who set out her political creed in a wide-ranging
  
  speech on Saturday, the education secretary made clear that such interventions played into the hands of opponents.
  
  The move by Gove, which came as May and the education secretary achieved a significant victory in killing off No 10's plans for
  
  a minimum alcohol price of 45p a unit, shows that No 10 believes the growing party indiscipline has spread
  
  to the highest levels of the cabinet.
  
  It is understood that Gove did not name May but left the political cabinet in no doubt that he had
  
  the home secretary in mind after her high-profile speech at the weekend in which she
  
  spoke way beyond her formal brief and set out her thoughts on what she called the three pillars of Conservatism.

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