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Camilla Cavendish

Camilla Cavendish

The Times

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Criminalising free speech only leads in one direction

Scotland’s new Hate Crimes Act is an Orwellian nightmare

12.04.2024 6

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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

05.04.2024 10

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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

29.03.2024 10

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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

22.03.2024 3

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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

15.03.2024 10

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This wasn’t a Budget to swing an election

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

08.03.2024 10

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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

02.03.2024 40

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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

24.02.2024 30

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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

17.02.2024 10

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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

02.02.2024 6

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Boosting civil society takes more than schmoozing the National Trust

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

26.01.2024 2

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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

19.01.2024 2

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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

13.01.2024 20

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Tackling obesity must become a national mission

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

06.01.2024 10

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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

30.12.2023 9

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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

16.12.2023 20

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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

08.12.2023 5

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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

24.11.2023 2

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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

19.11.2023 5

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Covid inquiry must offer more than lurid revelations

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

03.11.2023 6

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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

27.10.2023 3

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Labour has smartened up for power — but has yet to be tested

Starmer has got his troops marching in the same direction, but the opposition has not faced real challenge

13.10.2023 4

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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

06.10.2023 20

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What do Sunak’s Conservatives stand for now?

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

29.09.2023 3

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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

23.09.2023 10

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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

20.09.2023 7

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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

16.09.2023 10

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School chaos shows the price of Britain’s addiction to short-cuts

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

08.09.2023 4

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