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Camilla Cavendish

Contributing editor and columnist

A former associate editor and chief leader writer of The Times, she is a research fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School. She was head of the Downing Street Policy Unit under prime minister David Cameron, and is a winner of the Harold Wincott and Paul Foot awards for journalism.
Email Camilla Cavendish
  • Saturday, 7 March, 2026
    UK economy
    Britain is now the home of the Middle Man

    Rules don’t even have to be effective to provide gainful employment for advisers

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a suited figure with a red circle over their face, surrounded by black pipes with pointing hands emerging from them.
  • Friday, 27 February, 2026
    UK politics
    Britain’s old political duopoly has been shattered

    The country used to be contemptuous of parties on either extreme, but no longer

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a ballot box being kicked open by a green and a blue boot, with a paper showing a red rose inside
  • Friday, 20 February, 2026
    UK politics
    Starmer’s government hasn’t practised what it preached

    The prime minister was elected on a promise to clean up Westminster — he has failed to deliver

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a blank outlined profile of Starmer’s face, with the words "NOTHING TO SEE HERE” written across his head.
  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    UK politics
    The Tories have forgotten what it takes to prosper

    No one wants to look like the status quo, but the current crop of Conservatives are stuck

    Camilla Cavendish
    Illustration of the Houses of Parliament on top of a dark cloud in the sky with a ladder bathed in blue light reaching down from it to the ground
  • Friday, 9 January, 2026
    Keir Starmer
    Starmer should not be afraid to pick a fight to get things done

    Public sector reform should be easiest for Labour to do, precisely because it is Labour

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a hand in a pinstripe suit turning a crank attached to Big Ben, with legs in business attire emerging from the tower and the roof flying off. Red, white, and blue ribbons extend from the clock, overlapping a partial Union Jack flag.
  • Wednesday, 7 January, 2026
    Working It
    How to get ahead at work in 2026

    Future of work experts outline the trends we need to know now

    Woman with her hand raised site next to a man in the background and in the foreground someone is holding up a smartphone
  • Friday, 2 January, 2026
    UK politics
    A year that will dictate Starmer’s fate as prime minister

    This government behaves as if it is being run as a riposte to Nigel Farage rather than because it believes in anything

    Camilla Cavendish
    Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
  • Friday, 26 December, 2025
    Health
    Why humans should be more like hedgehogs

    People used to seek sun, fresh air and respite — but we have forgotten the lost art of convalescence at our peril

    Camilla Cavendish
    A European hedgehog stands in green grass next to a yellow dandelion flower, with more dandelions blurred in the background.
  • Friday, 19 December, 2025
    UK schools
    It’s beginning to look a lot like holiday job season

    We need young people to gain experience that makes the world of work intelligible and builds skills and confidence

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a young girl in a school uniform standing on stacks of papers, looking up at a tall ladder with lots of broken rungs
  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    Social affairs
    Drop the gloom if you want to change public behaviour

    We are deeply influenced by what others do, so emphasising kindness is the way to tackle littering, pilfering and abuse

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a yellow smiley-face balloon floating near a bus stop sign under dark clouds with blue raindrops.
  • Friday, 28 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Labour has trapped the British economy in a web of ‘doublespeak’

    Reeves’ Budget shows she’s serious about spending other people’s money — but not about growth or jobs

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a wind-up chattering teeth toy made from a red book, biting into British pound notes with bite marks
  • Saturday, 22 November, 2025
    UK politics
    Ignoring Britain’s disquiet on crime will not go unpunished

    The next election may be fought as much on how safe people feel as on the economy

    Camilla Cavendish
    Illustration of men and women in 1920s clothing looking at each other with suspicion
  • Friday, 14 November, 2025
    Labour Party UK
    The government’s latest reversal shows that Labour has no plan

    The long roar of speculation about the Budget has already damaged market confidence

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer peeking nervously from a hole above a document labeled "HM Treasury Plan A," with "A" crossed out and replaced by "B," then crossed out again.
  • Friday, 7 November, 2025
    UK welfare reform
    It’s time to stop passing the parcel on welfare

    A lack of political will has turned the problem of too many out of work into a system that fails everyone

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a cube labelled "Welfare Reform" surrounded by layered red, blue, and beige torn paper textures.
  • Friday, 12 September, 2025
    Unions
    Labour’s trade union backers are out of control

    Demands for money and perks have grown along with payouts even as ministers boost their power

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a closed metal gate in front of a London Underground sign, with a ‘CLOSED’ sign hanging on the gate
  • Saturday, 6 September, 2025
    UK politics
    The rise and rise of Reform

    The Conservatives long sought to avoid a split on the right by trying to contain Farage. All to no avail

    Camilla Cavendish
    An illustration showing a headless figure in a suit with a megaphone and arrow emerging from the neck, symbolizing outspoken or forceful communication.
  • Friday, 22 August, 2025
    Parenting and families
    Corporate egg freezing won’t break the glass ceiling

    At its most cynical, the perk feels like yet another way of trying to control women’s bodies

    Camilla Cavendish
  • Saturday, 16 August, 2025
    Parenting and families
    Grandparents are the reserve army of society

    Those undertaking the formidable work of second parenthood often go unrecognised

    Camilla Cavendish
    Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe
  • Saturday, 9 August, 2025
    Social affairs
    The importance of slowing down

    The difference between busy-ness and productivity is often blurred by competing demands

    Camilla Cavendish
    Illustration of lots of mobile phones splashing out of the water as a girl dives into the sea
  • Saturday, 2 August, 2025
    Food diet
    Health is an economic trump card

    The Make America Healthy Again movement is right to fight against the food and drink industry

    Camilla Cavendish
    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a fist representing a beef burger and with Maha tattooed on its fingers inside a bun with a toothpick flying a US flag stuck into it
  • Saturday, 26 July, 2025
    Innovation
    Britain needs to unleash the spirit of entrepreneurship

    We continue to put too many obstacles in the way of businesses that want to take risks and make things happen

    Camilla Cavendish
    Jonathan McHugh illustration of three bubble speeches above the head of a woman in a man’s suit, surrounded on each side by a man’s suit without a head.
  • Friday, 18 July, 2025
    Afghan files
    The Afghanistan data leak will haunt British politics for years

    Both this government and the last are implicated in a cover-up that will cost the UK billions

    Camilla Cavendish
    Illustration of a man in a suit sweeping immigrants under the carpet
  • Friday, 11 July, 2025
    UK politics
    A space has opened up in British politics

    Voters are sick of drama — they want stability

    Camilla Cavendish
    Ann Kiernan illustration of the union jack in the shape of a lampshade and a hand reaching to turn off the light
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    UK politics
    On free speech, Britain can learn from America

    Police are dragged into investigating petty incidents, undermining trust in our freedom to express opinions

    Camilla Cavendish
    Illustration of a Newton’s cradle with each of the swinging balls as a speech bubble and one swinging the other way with an exclamation mark in it
  • Friday, 16 May, 2025
    UK housebuilding
    How to fix the UK’s housing crisis

    For young adults, property shortages reinforce the feeling that life is a zero-sum game

    Camilla Cavendish
    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a bird house sitting atop a metal pole which is covered with a mountain of thrown away houses
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