David Linsay Willetts (born 9 March 1956) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Havant, in the United Kingdom. He is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
Willetts was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Christ Church, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Having served as Nigel Lawson's private researcher, he took charge of the Treasury monetary policy division ...
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David Linsay Willetts (born 9 March 1956) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Havant, in the United Kingdom. He is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
Willetts was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Christ Church, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Having served as Nigel Lawson's private researcher, he took charge of the Treasury monetary policy division at 26 before moving over to Margaret Thatcher's Policy Unit at 28. Aged 31, he subsequently took over the Centre for Policy Studies.. Aged 36, Willetts entered Parliament in 1992 for Havant. He quickly established himself in Parliament, becoming a whip, a Cabinet Office minister and then Paymaster General in his first term (when that role was split between the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury as a policy co-ordination role). During this period Willetts' gained 'Two Brains' as a nickname, (a monicker reportedly coined by The Guardian's former...
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