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    Camilla Cavendish

    Contributing editor and columnist

    A former head of the Downing Street policy unit under Prime Minister David Cameron, she is a senior fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School, and a winner of the Harold Wincott and Paul Foot awards for journalism.

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    • Monday, 26 February, 2024
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Bad Therapy — is the ‘cure’ for children worse than the disease?

      Mental healthcare can be life-saving, but Abigail Shrier argues that most therapeutic approaches have serious side effects and few benefits

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      A young boy and a woman sit on the floor, playing with toy animals in a sandbox
    • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
      UK agriculture
      The metropolitan elite has ignored farmers for too long

      It’s time for political leaders to balance reducing carbon emissions with maintaining cheap food production

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of two farmers with pitchforks - one of them wearing a cow mask on top of his head.
    • Saturday, 17 February, 2024
      Parenting and families
      Why having a Gen Z child means parenting an adult

      The extension of adolescence and higher costs of settling down are increasing the burdens on modern parents

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of a man being pushed on a child’s swing by his elderly mother
    • Friday, 2 February, 2024
      Working from home
      The home-working revolution is harming younger workers

      Bosses who insist on a return to the office are demonised — but turning up is better for your career

      Illustration of office desks empty except for computer keyboards and screens with various screen savers on - main one is an image of a perons hands and face pushing from inside the screen
    • Friday, 26 January, 2024
      Philanthropy
      Boosting civil society takes more than schmoozing the National Trust

      Starmer should consider radical ideas, like allowing local people to run and design their own services

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of Kier Starmer’s head popping out of a stone pot standing in a colourful flower field, with a historic mansion in the background. Starmer has a red rose sticking on top of his head and his nose is red.
    • Friday, 19 January, 2024
      UK immigration
      It’s time to be honest about the challenge of immigration

      There is a mismatch between the numbers of people seeking a home in the UK and the scale of arrivals that voters will accept

      Illustration of person with a red face shouting through a megaphone, with a speech bubble containing a small boat full of people in it, crossed with a big red X
    • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
      Post Office scandal
      The UK has an accountability problem — just look at the Post Office

      Groupthink, malice and inability to join the dots has been a common feature with other failings in public bodies

      Illustration of a a village scene with a post box that is half shaped like a bomb being dropped on the Post Office building
    • Saturday, 6 January, 2024
      Social affairs
      Tackling obesity must become a national mission

      Politicians are nervous of telling citizens what to eat, but solutions are now at hand

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of a place setting with a plate in the middle of fork and a knife and a blue capsule in the middle of the plate.
    • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
      Demographics and population
      A mid-life career change is as good as a rest

      Options don’t have to narrow for the over-50s, but it pays to prepare the ground

    • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
      Religion
      The restorative power of ritual should not be underestimated

      You don’t have to believe in the afterlife to feel the beneficial effects of a religious service, at Christmas or otherwise

      Illustration of various buildings and skylines, with a church in the centre, from which comes a speech bubble with sheet music
    • Friday, 8 December, 2023
      UK Covid inquiry
      Public inquiries are one of Britain’s only growth industries

      This week’s Covid hearings are the latest example of a political culture that tries to postpone and evade accountability

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of a red diary and a mobile phone with ‘Factory settings’ displayed on the screen, chained with a lock and key in it.
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      UK welfare reform
      Slaying the worklessness monster is a thankless but crucial task

      While Labour should be grateful that Jeremy Hunt has done some of the heavy lifting, this is a broader issue for UK society

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of Jeremy Hunt stretching his arm to get hold of a shovel that is just outside his reach
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Politics
      Sunak’s next small shift towards stability must be for business

      The Tory right’s credo of permanent revolution sits uneasily with the need for regulatory certainty

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of two people in suits, where one is adjusting his blue tie and pushing the other person’s back. The other person wears a Union Jack bow tie and spring popping spectacles.
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Coronavirus
      Covid inquiry must offer more than lurid revelations

      The real question is why government systems failed when we most needed them

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of the 10 Downing Street door with red hearts pouring out of it, some inscribed with ‘Mum’ and ‘Dad’
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour’s hard-won unity is fracturing over Gaza

      Starmer must face down remnants of the Corbynite hard left — and some of his own MPs

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of a red rose tied and pulled by strings that look like the Palestine flag on the left side and the Israeli flag on the right side.
    • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
      The Weekend Essay
      Law and disorder in the family courts

      What can be done to improve the family courts and the lives damaged when parents go to battle over custody of their children?

      A dark, moody illustration of a figure in silhouette holding the scales of justice
    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour has smartened up for power — but has yet to be tested

      Starmer has got his people moving in the same direction, but the opposition has not faced real challenge

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of Keir Starmer, with Rachel Reeves, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendal standing behind him
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      UK politics
      Sunak and Starmer fight for the mantle of change

      Labour’s leader has already performed the Kinnock and Smith roles, now he needs to be Blair and inspire

      Illustration of Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak facing off on a poster dressed as old-fashioned boxers, each in his party colours.
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      UK politics
      What do Sunak’s Conservatives stand for now?

      The party famed for its historic capacity to reinvent itself has become an inflexible cult

      Illustration of Rishi Sunak’s legs, which are stood on a Jenga tower, with blocks labelled HS2, net zero, Brexit and Conservative party falling from it
    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      Healthcare
      Britain should lead in life sciences but NHS inertia is holding it back

      Biobank deadlock is a symptom of the UK’s ailing innovation sector

      Illustration of a person merging with a data chip with lots of red crosses and padlocks in the background
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Instant InsightUK energy
      Cynicism about Sunak’s net zero U-turns is understandable

      Successive leaders have failed to level with voters on the costs of the green transition

      Rishi Sunak’s speech reflected the reality that some of the easiest green wins have been secured already
    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      Education
      It is a miracle that students aren’t rioting at beleaguered universities

      Innovative new courses and schools show what is sadly missing from over-regulated mainstream higher education

      Illustration of a stack of pound coins that starts to look like an Ancient Greek column towards the top. On the column is a statue of a man holding a degree certificate and wearing a mortar board
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
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      Working It live: How to make a mid-life career change

      Tips from experts recorded live at the FT Weekend festival

    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      UK government spending
      School chaos shows the price of Britain’s addiction to shortcuts

      Dodgy materials and poor construction typify a desire to drive down public sector costs via opaque contracts

      Illustration of two children in school uniform standing outside a doorway with red-and-white tape strung across it looking into a derelict classroom where the ceiling is propped up with scaffolding
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Healthcare
      Sickness and work is a disaster that must be fixed

      An increasing number of younger people are suffering disabilities so bad they cannot do a job

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of a chair with its front two legs as a man’s legs in suit trousers facing a work desk. The screen on the desk has a union jack screensaver and the tea cup has a sad emoji on it
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