Lord Young of Graffham, a cabinet minister who was known as a favourite of Margaret Thatcher, has died aged 90.
A Conservative Party spokesperson confirmed the death of the peer, who became secretary of state for employment in 1985, before being appointed secretary of state for trade and industry after the 1987 election.
At the latter department, he left an overwhelming impression that he wanted to run his department as a private enterprise, and he quickly acquired a reputation as the "Mr Entrepreneur of Whitehall".
