Toby Young quits New Schools Network, citing media pressure

Toby Young has resigned as chief executive of the New Schools Network charity.Toby Young has stepped down from his government-funded job as head of a charity supporting new free schools, blaming the pressure of media attention.The journalist’s decision to leave the New Schools Network follows the controversy that erupted earlier this year when Young was appointed a director of the universities regulator, which catapulted his lurid comments on women and eugenics into the public spotlight.