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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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              • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
                UK immigration
                The immigration mess is a nightmare for both the Tories and Labour

                Nigel Farage’s return to frontline politics puts pressure on the main parties

                Jonathan McHugh illustration of many coloured crossed hands in the shape of birds in the sky above the rooftops
              • Friday, 31 May, 2024
                UK general election 2024
                A new intergenerational contract is needed

                Pitching the old against the young is tempting but misguided

                Jonathan McHugh illustration of a bubble speech above an old lady’s head with an X on a ballot paper.
              • Friday, 24 May, 2024
                UK general election 2024
                The election campaign suffers from an optimism deficit

                Labour’s cautious prospectus will get Keir Starmer over the line but both hope and detail are lacking

                Jonathan McHugh illustration of black clouds over Rishi Sunak’s head as blue election rosettes with the message ‘Vote July 4th’ rain down on him
              • Friday, 10 May, 2024
                NHS England
                ‘Drexit’ looms as we fail our junior doctors

                Too many are leaving the profession in despair at stagnant pay and poor working conditions

                Illustration of a junior doctor bent over with exhaustion
              • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
                Political Fix podcast48 min listen
                Live special: Who will win the UK general election?

                Top FT political commentators answer listeners’ questions

              • Friday, 3 May, 2024
                UK politics
                Giving away local power has come back to bite the political centre

                The UK is too centralised, but experiments with devolution are in their infancy and still have mixed results

                Illustration of Count Binface, wearing a mayoral chain, with a dustbin over his head with a slot in it that a hand is dropping a ballot paper into
              • Friday, 26 April, 2024
                Ageing Populations
                Science is closing in on the frailties of old age

                Research is finding ways to extend animal lifespans but regulators are still wary of treating ageing as a disease

                Illustration of a head in a sand timer, surrounded by other sand timers
              • Friday, 19 April, 2024
                Employment
                Employment law is a minefield for bosses and workers

                The backlog of cases at tribunals, often seeking compensation for minor slights, serves no one except the lawyers

                Jonathan McHugh illustration of half open scissors with strings attached, holding a puppet man in a suit
              • Friday, 12 April, 2024
                UK society
                Criminalising free speech only leads in one direction

                Scotland’s new Hate Crimes Act is an Orwellian nightmare

                Jonathan McHugh illustration of wooden hands pointing at a man with his head taped with ‘police crime scene’ tape, and a danger zone road sign above his head also with police tape.
              • Friday, 5 April, 2024
                Social affairs
                We are nowhere near solving the childcare conundrum

                The Conservatives are right to focus on the problem — but more than free hours is needed to help both parents and society

                Illustation of a woman holding a baby with a scarf wrapped around them in the shape of £ sign
              • Friday, 29 March, 2024
                Parenting and families
                We must stop the smartphone social experiment on our kids

                China has been way ahead of the west in seeing the dangers of raising a generation of zombies

                A teen girl crouches down while looking at her mobile phone which is suspended from a fishing hook
              • Friday, 22 March, 2024
                Labour party UK
                Labour’s ‘partnership with business’ remains murky

                The country’s biggest problem is not a missing right for workers to disconnect from email outside work hours

                A yellow thought bubble emerges from a woman’s head containing a sterling pound sign
              • Friday, 15 March, 2024
                The Royal Family
                What ‘Kate-Gate’ tells us about the Faustian royal pact

                Obsession with a manipulated photo is the latest episode in a long history of negotiating a tricky public-private role

                Ilustration of a photo booth with a red curtain with the royal coat of arms on it. Under the curtain, you can see legs in navy trousers and feet in court shoes
              • Friday, 8 March, 2024
                UK Spring Budget 2024
                This wasn’t a Budget to swing an election

                But there was one small glimmer of light in the chancellor’s NHS productivity plan

                Jonathan McHugh illustration of Jeremy Hunt sitting on the red budget briefcase turned upright.
              • Saturday, 2 March, 2024
                Politics
                When tensions are high, politicians cannot afford to stoke the flames

                The posturing, the fantasies, the claim and counterclaim serve only to muddle when what is needed is clarity

                Jonathan McHugh illustration of man in a grey pinstriped suit holding the red government book under his right arm. He is wearing a multicoloured election rosette with a target on it and arrows on the wall behind him
              • 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

                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
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