Lord Young bows to the inevitable

Tory peer resigns as Cameron's enterprise adviser after "never had it so good" gaffe.

Lord Young has bowed to the inevitable and resigned as David Cameron’s enterprise adviser. He was never likely to last long after his politically toxic claim that the majority of people “have never had it so good”.

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