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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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  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Transport for London
    Survivors of accidents on London bus and Tubes accuse TfL of neglecting safety

    Campaigners highlight what they say is defensiveness and victim-blaming

    A damaged bus in London
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    UK politics
    In British politics, the centre no longer holds

    Real energy is to be found in single-issue groups and parties to the left and right of Labour and the Tories

    Illustration of a suited figure in the centre of the image holding binoculars and surveying a landscape of hands holding up megaphones. Some are red and some are blue
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    UK Government
    Downing Street dysfunction is hobbling the government

    Working in Number 10 can feel like being a guerrilla movement trying to cajole, deceive and plead a way through the Whitehall jungle

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Social affairs
    Let’s have a proper conversation about assisted dying

    The UK prime minister has promised a parliamentary vote on the issue — and about time

    Illustration of a person’s face seen mistily in the face of a clock while a pair of hands in the foreground hold the two hands of the clock which have been removed
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    National Health Service
    A radical simplification of the NHS is now upon us

    Devastating Darzi report will strengthen Wes Streeting’s hand as he calls for investment and reform

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of Kier Starmer with surgical gloves on posing as a doctor ready for operation with operating instruments laid in front of him and a syringe in the shape of Big Ben.
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Parenting and families
    It’s not you — parenting really is becoming more stressful

    The increased isolation many feel is a symptom of a larger problem

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of children running around a woman tying her with maypole ropes.
  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    Ageing Populations
    Making old age better is possible — and necessary

    The UK government needs to look abroad for inspiration

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a younger person’s hand with a butterfly on a string, reaching out to the hand of an elderly person
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    UK riots
    When the dust settles after the riots, Britain will need a rethink

    While lurid predictions of civil war are misplaced, this is not a country at ease with itself

    A man wearing a Union Jack scarf around his eyes brandishes a mobile phone in one hand and a brick in the other
  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    Reproductive rights
    ‘Childless cat ladies’ fight a tide of pronatalism

    A strange new alliance is growing between those who want to restrict abortion and those asking their compatriots to have more children

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a blue baby pram with a ginger cat in it playing with toys in the form of the Republican party logo elephant and the Democratic donkey
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Political Fix podcast36 min listen
    Is Labour facing a summer of unrest?

    Plus, the truth about Rachel Reeves’s fiscal inheritance

  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    UK welfare reform
    The welfare state is writing too many people off too early

    Sorting out worklessness is a challenge for Labour as a study in Barnsley says most of the economically inactive do want jobs

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a pair of Dr Martin’s black booths with pink wings in the clouds, tied to each other with their laces.
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Starmer’s machismo state is preparing for battle

    The King’s Speech identified a government ready for fights on housebuilding and welfare

    Illustration of piles of documents with King Charles’s crown balanced on top of one of the piles, against a background of pink wallpaper with a royal insignia design
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    UK prisons
    Our criminal justice system deserves a damning verdict

    From packed prisons to closed police stations and courts, law and order is in retreat

    Doves with keys in their mouths escape a cage draped in the union jack
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Whitehall reform
    Starmer’s next challenge? Bending Whitehall to his will

    The new prime minister must apply the ruthlessness he showed in reshaping Labour to the task of governing

    Illustration of a podium with a ship’s wheel attached to it in front of Number 10 Downing Street’s black door
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Why no one trusts politicians any more

    The central issue eroding faith in government is lack of accountability

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a politician with an election rosette on his suit jacket with colours from various political parties - pulling an ace from his sleeve.
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Climate change
    How to break out of the climate doom loop

    Small changes — and understanding the anger at elites — will help

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of two children with smiling emojis on their faces playing ball in a swimming pool while a wildfire is raging around them.
  • 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.
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