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David Young

December 2022

  • Lord Young of Graffham.

    Lord Young, former Conservative minister and businessman, dies aged 90

    Minister exalted by Margaret Thatcher also advised David Cameron and ran businesses including Cable & Wireless

October 2020

  • Lord Young

    Covid crisis watch
    A post-Covid economy will need to offer tools to help enterprises flourish

    David Young
    Government schemes, like startup loans and help for self-employed, crucial for tackling UK unemployment

July 2015

  • Lord Young

    Supporting local businesses
    Lord Young: It's never been easier to start a small business

    The former enterprise adviser to the government has been appointed honorary chairman of the Small Business Saturday campaign

May 2013

  • Lord Young

    Recession is a good time to boost profits, says Cameron aide

    Lord Young says low-wage conditions are a potential source of profit for business, drawing furious response from TUC

September 2012

  • Eric Pickles, hands together as if in prayer, looking pleased with himself

    Cuts will bleed council reserves dry within five years, says senior Tory

    Sir Merrick Cockell, party's head of local government, warns against slashing local authority budgets on eve of reshuffle

December 2010

  • Roy Greenslade

    Greenslade
    The shortcomings of shorthand

    Roy Greenslade

    In these digital days - and in the face of increasing legal scepticism - why are trainee journalists still required to spend hours learning shorthand?

  • Greenslade
    Gallagher celebrates his first Telegraph anniversary with another scoop

    Tomorrow marks Tony Gallagher's first year as Daily Telegraph editor. So how has he fared?

  • Charlie Brooker

    You've never had it so good, says Lord Young. By accident. Before promptly stepping down

    Charlie Brooker
    Charlie Brooker: Just when Kate and Wills had made us forgot about the economy, Lord Young had to come along and spoil it all. But there must be other distractions . . .
  • On the couch
    Dr Gerry Mander: the therapist the stars trust

    Dr Gerry Mander
    Dr Gerry Mander: I come from a hard-working, respectable background and I'm marrying this guy from a dysfunctional family. Should I go ahead?
  • Barbara Ellen

    It's time to debunk the myth of too posh to push

    Barbara Ellen

    Barbara Ellen: A new report on caesarean births makes some telling points

  • Observer comment cartoon
    Wizard David Cameron makes Lord Young invisible

    Chris Riddell

    Chris Riddell on the swift demise of the government adviser

  • Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Phil Disley on Lord Young's resignation

    Phil Disley

    David Cameron accused of not standing by adviser, whose apology for 'never had it so good' claim was insufficient

  • David Cameron and Lord Young

    Was Lord Young right? Not unless you're rich

  • Lord Young

    Lord Young resigns over recession gaffe

  • Lord Young

    Lord Young: Surely he must have meant 'never had it so bad'

  • David Cameron and Lord Young

    Lord Young quits over 'never had it so good' gaffe

  • Lord Young has found that soundbites sometimes bite back

    Stephen Moss
  • Labour calls for Lord Young to be sacked over 'never had it so good' gaffe

  • Lord Young forced into grovelling apology over recession comments

  • David Cameron talks to Oliver Bridgeman of Rocket Graphics Ltd, visit to Watford on 1 November 2010.

    David Cameron admits difficulties in getting banks to lend more

    PM's comments follow appointment of Lord Young as enterprise adviser to overcome government's 'institutional bias' against small- and medium-sized businesses
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