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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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  • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
    Religion
    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

    Illustration of various buildings and skylines, with a church in the centre, from which comes a speech bubble with sheet music
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    UK Covid inquiry
    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

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a red diary and a mobile phone with ‘Factory settings’ displayed on the screen, chained with a lock and key in it.
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    UK welfare reform
    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

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of Jeremy Hunt stretching his arm to get hold of a shovel that is just outside his reach
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Politics
    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

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of two people in suits, where one is adjusting his blue tie and pushing the other person’s back. The other person wears a Union Jack bow tie and spring popping spectacles.
  • Friday, 3 November, 2023
    Coronavirus
    Covid inquiry must offer more than lurid revelations

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

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of the 10 Downing Street door with red hearts pouring out of it, some inscribed with ‘Mum’ and ‘Dad’
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    Labour Party UK
    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

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a red rose tied and pulled by strings that look like the Palestine flag on the left side and the Israeli flag on the right side.
  • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
    The Weekend Essay
    Law and disorder in the family courts

    What can be done to improve the family courts and the lives damaged when parents go to battle over custody of their children?

    A dark, moody illustration of a figure in silhouette holding the scales of justice
  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    Labour Party UK
    Labour has smartened up for power — but has yet to be tested

    Starmer has got his people moving in the same direction, but the opposition has not faced real challenge

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of Keir Starmer, with Rachel Reeves, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendal standing behind him
  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    UK politics
    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

    Illustration of Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak facing off on a poster dressed as old-fashioned boxers, each in his party colours.
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    UK politics
    What do Sunak’s Conservatives stand for now?

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

    Illustration of Rishi Sunak’s legs, which are stood on a Jenga tower, with blocks labelled HS2, net zero, Brexit and Conservative party falling from it
  • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
    Healthcare
    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

    Illustration of a person merging with a data chip with lots of red crosses and padlocks in the background
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Instant InsightUK energy
    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

    Rishi Sunak’s speech reflected the reality that some of the easiest green wins have been secured already
  • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
    Education
    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

    Illustration of a stack of pound coins that starts to look like an Ancient Greek column towards the top. On the column is a statue of a man holding a degree certificate and wearing a mortar board
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    Working It podcast30 min listen
    Working It live: How to make a mid-life career change

    Tips from experts recorded live at the FT Weekend festival

  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    UK government spending
    School chaos shows the price of Britain’s addiction to shortcuts

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

    Illustration of two children in school uniform standing outside a doorway with red-and-white tape strung across it looking into a derelict classroom where the ceiling is propped up with scaffolding
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Healthcare
    Sickness and work is a disaster that must be fixed

    An increasing number of younger people are suffering disabilities so bad they cannot do a job

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a chair with its front two legs as a man’s legs in suit trousers facing a work desk. The screen on the desk has a union jack screensaver and the tea cup has a sad emoji on it
  • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
    Philanthropy
    Charities could lead a new golden age of civic society

    People often wrongly assume that the answer to every problem is action by state agencies.

    Illustration of a person drowning in the sea, reaching up for one of many life rings above him, some of which display charity logos
  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    Personal & Household Goods
    The fight for the right to repair

    Citizens must become campaigners for better, longer-lasting smart machines

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a printer being repaired and calibrated.
  • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
    Climate change
    The climate crisis requires a wartime footing

    Only by invoking the spirit of joint endeavour against a common enemy can we make the radical changes we need

    Illustration of people in early 20th-century clothing standing in front of a Lord Kitchener recruitment poster that says ‘Your Planet Needs You’
  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Climate change
    The arrival of the Anthropocene is our final warning on climate

    We have instigated a sixth mass extinction of other species, changed the biosphere and altered ocean chemistry

    Illustration of Earth as a cartoon-style bomb with lit fuse. Fingerprints are smudged on the Earth
  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    NHS England
    More doctors and nurses alone will not heal the NHS

    Increased staff — without good management — does not mean better outcomes for patients

    Patients and doctors gather with question bubbles displaying NHS
  • Friday, 30 June, 2023
    UK society
    Britain must break out of its doom loop

    Brexit, Covid and terrible governments have left their scars but our national despondency is becoming a trap

    A man in cricketing whites with a big moustache stands under a red, white and blue umbrella with black clouds and rain pouring out of the umbrella onto him while it is sunny everywhere else
  • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
    UK property
    Making downsizing easier could help Britain’s housing crisis

    Shuffling the pack by liberating under-occupied homes will have a bigger impact than building new ones

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of three houses - the largest is at the bottom, the middle sized one on the top of the large one while the small house is stuck on top of the middle size one. There is a tall ladder for residents to climb up to the small house on top.
  • Friday, 16 June, 2023
    Boris Johnson
    Boris Johnson’s farce reaches its final act — it’s time he left for good

    Without a shred of apology or any nod to the public’s anger, the former prime minister has lost his political touch

  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    UK social care
    An ageing society can’t turn its back on social care any longer

    Governments have promised to tackle the crisis for 25 years, but it’s never an election winner

    Illustration of a frail elderly man with glasses sitting at a table in front of a paisley wallpapered wall
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