Camilla Cavendish | Financial Times

Saturday, 22 January, 2022

Friday, 14 January, 2022

Boris Johnson

‘Partygate’ should prove fatal for a malevolent, cavalier Boris Johnson

The prime minister taints the people and institutions that come into his orbit

Friday, 7 January, 2022

Working from home

It’s time to admit that hybrid is not working

Mid-morning yoga comes at the expense of professional interactions and employee productivity

Friday, 17 December, 2021

National Health Service

The NHS faces a bleak midwinter as its staffing crisis hits home

Disputes over pay, working conditions and burnout have led to fears of a mass exodus — but treating employees well is not that hard

Friday, 10 December, 2021

Boris Johnson

Johnson is caught up in a pantomime of personal evasions

As the self-inflicted injuries pile up, the insult to our intelligence is overwhelming

Friday, 3 December, 2021

UK politics & policy

The new ‘government by diktat’ bypasses parliament altogether

Ministers should ask themselves what opponents might do with the new powers they are busily creating

Friday, 26 November, 2021

EU immigration

Britain will not solve the migrant crisis by itself

The government is discovering that you cannot control a border from one side

Friday, 19 November, 2021

UK politics & policy

Boris Johnson is all at sea over MPs’ second jobs

This is a prime minister who not only does not wish to be held accountable, but cannot see why he should be

Friday, 12 November, 2021

Health Care

It’s time to stand back and ask what GPs are for

The breakdown between patients and doctors can be solved if we accept the way in which medicine has changed

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Friday, 5 November, 2021

Boris Johnson

Paterson saga reveals the flaw in the Johnson government

The case contributes to the picture of a party — and prime minister — eager to evade scrutiny

Friday, 22 October, 2021

Climate change

When it comes to net zero, the government has a concrete problem

British politicians should stop worrying about short-term costs and look at the building solutions markets are providing

Friday, 15 October, 2021

Demographics and population

Falling birth rates are a problem but stop blaming women

Failed government attempts to cajole people into having children ignore the bigger picture

Friday, 8 October, 2021

Boris Johnson

Johnson delivers a flimsy package of anti-business boosterism

A rattled government is doubling down on slogans that won it the Brexit referendum and 2019 election

Friday, 1 October, 2021

Agricultural production

The government needs to get a grip on gene editing before the UK loses out

Other countries may reap the benefits, jobs and profits of pioneering techniques from British scientists

Friday, 24 September, 2021

UK politics & policy

Gove must realise that true levelling up is about people not places

Turning Boris Johnson’s slogan into a solution will require looking outside an unimaginative Whitehall

Friday, 17 September, 2021

Covid-19 vaccines

Letting teens decide whether to get vaccinated is madness

The UK government’s confused handling of the situation has only fuelled distrust

Friday, 10 September, 2021

Ageing Populations

When it comes to social care, politicians need to stop fearing the elderly

A revolution is needed if we are to truly fix the system — and help all generations equally

Friday, 3 September, 2021

Games industry

China’s children are not the only ones addicted to video games

All of us should worry about the control gaming and social media companies exert

Friday, 27 August, 2021

Student finance

Pandemic students have already paid a price — their loans need a rethink

Governments are wrong to charge so much to a generation which has got a raw deal

Friday, 20 August, 2021

Coronavirus economic impact

The resurrection of the life-changing summer job

Holiday work for teenagers looked as though it was on the way out. Then came the pandemic

Friday, 30 July, 2021

UK holidays

Have we ever needed a summer holiday more than we do now?

Taking time off is essential to avoid burnout after an unusually stressful year

Friday, 23 July, 2021

UK social care

UK social care needs an overhaul — but stealth taxes are not the answer

We need a national conversation about how to share the burden of caring for the old and infirm

Friday, 16 July, 2021

Food & Beverage

It’s time to stem the tide of junk that reaches British plates

A tax on sugar and salt in food would be a world first and is more necessary than ever

Friday, 9 July, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

When it comes to masks, we should trust the public, not politicians

The disgraceful neglect of children and students makes the contradictions in government policy all the more outrageous

Friday, 2 July, 2021

National Health Service

Sajid Javid must act to save an NHS on its last legs

Between the Covid backlog and the chronic disease pipeline, the new health secretary has a daunting in-tray

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