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Camilla Cavendish

Contributing editor and columnist
Camilla Cavendish is an FT contributing editor who writes about UK politics and policy. 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.

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  • Friday, 14 February, 2020
    UK politics & policy
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    A more cordial relationship between Nos 10 and 11 is essential

  • Friday, 7 February, 2020
    Climate change
    Britain has a chance to take lead on climate change

    Boris Johnson must not fumble this golden opportunity

  • Friday, 31 January, 2020
    UK immigration
    Brexit gives Britain a chance to fix its immigration policy

    The UK government is trying to address cultural concerns as well as economic needs 

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    BBC
    The BBC must go back to doing what it does best

    It has become flabby and bureaucratic, but we would miss the corporation if we lost it

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    Royal Family
    Royal rebels are swapping one gilded cage for another

    By breaking free, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex hope for more publicity on their own terms

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Cummings has a case for shaking up Whitehall

    Too often senior civil servants and politicians regard each other with disdain

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    Anti-Semitism
    Return of anti-Semitism requires us all to fight back

    We must rethink the way we educate people to ensure children still learn about the Holocaust

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
    Healthcare costs
    Prevention is always better than cure

    Healthcare professionals have a lot to learn from the economics of loss aversion

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    UK Government
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    Much of it is homegrown rather than originating in Brussels

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    At his moment of maximum power, the Conservative leader must choose to govern for all

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    Ideology is not the problem, incompetence is

    If Boris Johnson wins, he should swallow his pride and seek out a wide range of expertise 

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    It is not the platform’s business model but its procedures that are being called into question

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    Climate change
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    UK social care
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    But simply making the existing system “free” is not the answer

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    UK universities
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    Beijing is seeking to muzzle protest on UK campuses

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    UK general election
    Johnson’s scorched-earth election plan could backfire

    To win, the Conservative party must achieve a delicate balance of support

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    UK business & economy
    Now Britain has a deal in sight, what comes next?

    If Brexit happens, we have no choice but to boost the economy and tackle inequalities

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    Brexit
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    The prime minister must share his vision of the future with the British people

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    After three years of fraught argument, we must start listening to each other

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    UK politics & policy
    Boris Johnson’s bullying fails to cow his opponents

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    State pension
    The case for working a decade longer — or more

    There is mounting evidence that retirement can be bad for us, especially if we enjoy our jobs

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