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Camilla Cavendish

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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 advises the UK Department of Health and Social Care

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  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Mental health
    Young people’s mental health must be a priority this lockdown

    For some children the pandemic will build resilience, but many others will bear scars

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    Red tape and fear threaten the Covid vaccination effort

    Governments must focus on speed, openness and innovation — some signs so far are not encouraging

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
    Brexit
    With Brexit ‘done’, Britain must rebuild trust in Europe

    It would be a grave mistake for UK ministers to continue with the macho English exceptionalist tone

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Brexit
    On Brexit, the Tories have fallen prey to magical thinking

    Ministers still wish away hard trade-offs without a clear vision for prosperity if there is no deal

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    University of Cambridge
    Mandated ‘respect’ for others’ opinions hurts free speech

    A polite but deadly serious Cambridge university row over the issue shows the need for ‘tolerance’ instead

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    UK government spending
    The Tories cannot avoid the tax question forever

    Despite an ‘economic emergency’ the UK government is largely sticking to its pre-Covid manifesto

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Climate change
    Green jobs must materialise if the UK is to lead the world in wind power

    The government needs to be ruthless about onshoring manufacturing as it weans the economy off carbon

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    Climate change
    Climate diplomacy is winning its fight against a zero-sum mindset

    There is growing international realisation that acting decisively is an investment not a cost

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    UK Government
    It is pure folly that Johnson isn’t listening to business

    At a time like this, the UK government should be working hand in hand with industry

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  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    We must keep our heads and accept Covid is here for the long term

    The UK government cannot combat the virus effectively if it continues to react on an emergency footing

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Boris Johnson is mishandling the northern lockdowns

    There is a fatal disconnect between Whitehall’s policies and reality for businesses on the ground

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    UK universities
    Students bear the brunt of a public health panic

    Some politicians and college leaders are displaying an unforgivable inhumanity

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Boris Johnson’s grandiosity is sliding into imprudence

    The UK government needs to get real about the crisis if confidence is to return

  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    Education
    Vocation, vocation should be UK middle class’s new mantra

    Technical skills and vocational training may be worth more than a university education

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Scaremongering will damage the UK’s fragile economy

    Ministers should think harder about the best way to slow the spread of Covid-19

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Climate change
    Political division makes the fight against climate change ever harder

    Tackling extreme weather should be as obvious an imperative as Covid-19 — we must change the argument

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    Brexit
    State aid is the wrong Brexit hill to die on

    Why stall an EU trade deal by tinkering with an issue where the UK has a poor record?

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    Civil Service UK
    An agile UK civil service needs more than ‘Star Trek’ screens

    Things will still blow up in the government’s whizzy new, data-rich command centre

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    Work-life balance
    Make time to rest or the world will steal it from you

    Switching off confers competitive advantages at work, but most are really bad at it

  • Friday, 21 August, 2020
    Parenting and families
    Adult children are straining the generosity of parents

    Demands for extended support are growing, but an Italian judge has put her foot down

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Russian politics
    The UK must take Russian meddling more seriously

    Parliamentary report shows Moscow’s influence is no laughing matter

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    A chance to reshape UK public health strategy and target obesity

    Boris Johnson must disappoint Conservative libertarians on sugar tax and other interventions before a Covid-19 second wave

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    UK employment
    Rishi Sunak’s short-term jobs plan tackles long-term failures in the UK economy

    The long tail of low-paid, low-skilled workers has been a persistent stain on society, but this crisis is a chance for change

  • Friday, 3 July, 2020
    UK Government
    The Boris Johnson plan is far from conservative

    By citing FDR, the UK prime minister has signalled an activist government that makes Thatcherites nervous

  • Friday, 26 June, 2020
    Climate change
    We must build back greener after Covid-19

    The pandemic may be wreaking lasting changes in public attitudes to climate change goals

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