David Willetts

‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme
Forty years ago, the Tories launched a scheme to foster entrepreneurs – but artists from Jarvis Cocker to Rachel Whiteread saw another way to use it. So did a government seen as hostile to the arts kickstart Britpop and the YBAs?
Andrew Dickson
26, Jul, 2023 @3:00 PM

Call these voter ID laws what they really are: voter suppression and an attack on young people
Older people lean Conservative – no wonder the government wants to keep younger ones away from ballot boxes, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee
25, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

Early 2000s baby boom will soon flood UK universities, warns former Tory minister
Expansion in education must be funded to avert young people getting stuck in low-paid work, says David Willetts
Richard Adams Education editor
15, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM

Architect of £9,000 tuition fees calls for faster loan repayments
David Willetts says taxpayers footing too much of the bill for university students’ unpaid loans
Richard Adams and Sally Weale
29, Sep, 2021 @11:01 PM

Role call: the former ministers who found private sector jobs
The Greensill affair shows how some of David Cameron’s appointees have been among the most enthusiastic corporate jobseekers. Here’s the list...
Rob Davies and Georgina Quach
16, Apr, 2021 @3:15 PM

Covid generation: UK youth unemployment 'set to triple to 80s levels'
Resolution Foundation report warns young people could be lost to long periods out of work
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
07, Oct, 2020 @9:30 PM

Lord Willetts accused of pitching 'young against old' in book
Second edition of The Pinch accused of blaming baby boomers rather than government policies for inequalities
Amelia Hill
05, Nov, 2019 @8:45 AM

University fees cut would hurt mobility and aid rich, PM told
Justine Greening, David Willetts and Jo Johnson warn against reducing top £9,250 course costs
Michael Savage Policy editor
05, Jan, 2019 @5:38 PM

Radical ideas for rebalancing Britain's baby boomers and millennials
Proposals from the Resolution Foundation, including a £10,000 citizen’s inheritance, are bold – but will politicians heed outside advice?
Anne Perkins
07, May, 2018 @11:01 PM

The Guardian view on generational inequality: it’s time for a new deal | Editorial
Editorial: Housing and health are at the centre of a much-needed holistic approach to a fresh trade-off between young, middle-aged and older Britons
Editorial
07, May, 2018 @11:01 PM

David Willetts’ generational moan is a bit rich | Brief letters
Brief letters: Generational injustice | Michele Hanson | Memory | Tabloid format | Meghan Markle
Letters
06, Mar, 2018 @5:26 PM

Are we really going to let the super-rich take all the art? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Rhiannon Lucy Cossett: A London art adviser has been bulk-buying Picassos. The 0.01% are welcome to their tacky yachts, but not humanity’s masterpieces. Plus: Does David Willetts practise what he preaches?
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
05, Mar, 2018 @4:50 PM
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