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Camilla CavendishThe Times |
Scotland’s new Hate Crimes Act is an Orwellian nightmare
The Conservatives are right to focus on the problem — but more than free hours is needed to help both parents and society
China has been way ahead of the west in seeing the dangers of raising a generation of zombies
The country’s biggest problem is not a missing right for workers to disconnect from email outside work hours
Obsession with a manipulated photo is the latest episode in a long history of negotiating a tricky public-private role
But there was one small glimmer of light in the chancellor’s NHS productivity plan
The posturing, the fantasies, the claim and counterclaim serve only to muddle when what is needed is clarity
It’s time for political leaders to balance reducing carbon emissions with maintaining cheap food production
The extension of adolescence and higher costs of settling down are increasing the burdens on modern parents
Bosses who insist on a return to the office are demonised — but turning up is better for your career
Starmer should consider more radical ideas, like allowing local people to run and design their own services
There is a mismatch between the numbers of people seeking a home in the UK and the scale of arrivals that voters will accept
Groupthink, malice and inability to join the dots has been a common feature with other failings in public bodies
Politicians are nervous of telling citizens what to eat, but solutions are now at hand
Options don’t have to narrow for the over-50s, but it pays to prepare the ground
You don’t have to believe in the afterlife to feel the beneficial effects of a religious service, at Christmas or otherwise
This week’s Covid hearings are the latest example of a political culture that tries to postpone and evade accountability
While Labour should be grateful that Jeremy Hunt has done some of the heavy lifting, this is a broader issue for UK society
The Tory right’s credo of permanent revolution sits uneasily with the need for regulatory certainty
The real question is why government systems failed when we most needed them
Starmer must face down remnants of the Corbynite hard left — and some of his own MPs
Starmer has got his troops marching in the same direction, but the opposition has not faced real challenge
Labour’s leader has already performed the Kinnock and Smith roles, now he needs to be Blair and inspire
The party famed for its historic capacity to reinvent itself has become an inflexible cult
Biobank deadlock is a symptom of the UK’s ailing innovation sector
Successive leaders have failed to level with voters on the costs of the green transition
Innovative new courses and schools show what is sadly missing from over-regulated mainstream higher education
Dodgy materials and poor construction typify a desire to drive down public sector costs via opaque contracts