Camilla Cavendish



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Full name: Camilla Cavendish

Area of interest: Environmental, economic and social issues, National Health Service

Journals/Organisation: The Times

Email: [mailto:camilla.cavendish@thetimes.co.uk camilla.cavendish@thetimes.co.uk]

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Website: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/camillacavendish

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About: "Associate Editor and columnist at The Times. She was campaigning journalist of the year 2009, and won the Paul Foot award, for exposing miscarriages of justice which convinced Government to open the family courts. A mother of three, she has been a McKinsey consultant, aid worker, and CEO of the trust which rebuilt London’s south bank" -The Times

Education: Oxford University: Politics, Philosophy and Economics; Harvard: Kennedy School of Government Public Administration Program (Scholarship), MA

Career: Has worked as a McKinsey management consultant; aid worker; CEO of a not-for-profit company

Current position/role: Associate editor, columnist, leader writer


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 * Joint winner of the Paul Foot Award for campaigning journalism, 2008
 * Times writer Camilla Cavendish grabs Paul Foot award for journalism, The Times, 4th November 2008
 * The Private Eye Guardian Paul Foot Award, 2008

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Email: [mailto:camilla.cavendish@thetimes.co.uk camilla.cavendish@thetimes.co.uk]

Website: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/camillacavendish

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Day published: Friday

Regularity: Weekly

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Average length: 950 words



Articles: 2014

 * The wrong notions about solving poverty are piled high at the food bank - Halfway through last week’s episode of the BBC television series about food banks, Famous, Rich and... - 16th March
 * The minister can't control immigration so he wants you to do it for him - Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the metropolitan elite? Even those who can’t afford... - 9th March
 * Green middlemen are on to a hot thing while leaving me to shiver - Six years ago my husband and I bought a terraced house in a conservation area - 2nd March
 * Chasing Savile’s ghost threatens to leave today’s victims behind - Can we now, please, stop trying to convict Jimmy Savile by proxy? - 16th February
 * My friend Gove may be a mule, but he’s kicking our schools into shape - Over the past week my friend and former colleague Michael Gove has been accused of hysteria, hubris... - 9th February
 * Tomorrow we shall all suffer for paying care workers so little - A few weeks ago I visited a care home embroiled in an abuse scandal. How shocking, I said - 2nd February
 * Simply laugh and shrug and the tyranny of the wandering hands goes on - Why did the Liberal Democrats leave the unexploded bomb that was Mike Hancock MP ticking away - 26th January
 * Women’s body clocks are ticking but it’s men who dare not check the time - That mythical hate figure, the Woman Who Forgot to Have Children (gasp), has been conjured up... - 19th January
 * The police are out of control: time for a drastic solution - If we can’t trust the police, who can we trust? - 12th January
 * Exams help, but to get a job our youngsters need lessons in grit - As the startled Romanian Victor Spirescu stepped onto British tarmac into the glare of cameras on New Year’s Day, and said mildly that he hoped to earn a living washing cars, he was a visible reminder of the gulf between the optimism of new arrivals and the gloom of jobless young Brits - 5th January



Articles: 2013

 * This sexual apartheid shames the universities that let Islamism thrive - When I was at university, some wag painted brilliant anti-apartheid graffiti above the two Barclays cashpoints on Broad Street in Oxford - 15th December
 * There’s a world of crazy shopping in my two plastic banana cases - Spare a thought for Peter Clatworthy of Nottinghamshire, who had saved up to buy an Xbox One... - 8th December
 * Be brave, George, and pull the switch on Ed’s energy gimmick - So much hot air is being generated about energy prices that it is hard to see through the fug - 1st December
 * Needed fast: a human face on the invisible crime of modern slavery - So slavery is back, in the country that so proudly abolished it 180 years ago - 24th November
 * Tribal tensions on the ward are putting patients at risk - Managers bullying staff into fiddling cancer figures - 17th November
 * A comedian rants and politics looks fun. Now let the grown-ups talk - I came home on Monday to find my nine-year-old son, whose usual after-school activity is building an aeroplane or climbing a tree, watching BBC Parliament - 10th November
 * In our public services sorry seems to be the most heinous word - Sharon Shoesmith declared last week she was “absolutely thrilled” with the ruling that granted her more than £600,000 for having been unlawfully sacked over the death of baby Peter Connelly - 3rd November
 * The man who killed waiting lists returns. Wish him luck - Before the new chief executive of the NHS was appointed last week, I spoke to three people who had been encouraged to apply for the job but had declined. All three feared it was impossible - 27th October
 * That’s our children’s future you’re selling to China, Mr Osborne - Is Britain destined to be the doormat of globalisation? - 20th October
 * Scalpel slowly replaces chequebook in the Westminster weaponry - So it’s shares for postmen versus a freeze on energy bills - 13th October
 * We merely stand and shrug while 30 protesters battle to save the Arctic - Childish stunts end in tears. That may be how you feel about the imprisonment of 30 Greenpeace protesters in the Arctic Ocean — if you’ve noticed it at all - 6th October
 * Don’t bully the energy giants — here’s how to help the little guys - While my head knows that Ed Miliband’s idea of freezing energy bills could leave us with frozen homes, my heart can’t suppress a cheer at the thought of exacting some petty revenge on companies that have treated so many of us with contempt - 29th September
 * It’s getting choppy but Britannia’s 19 ships can’t rule a single wave - The impression that our military is held together with grit, luck and bits of string is made all the greater by the news that the RAF will fly its new spy planes in American colours because we can’t afford to repaint them - 22nd September
 * Beaten and starving, little Daniel died because no one knocked on his door - There is no such thing as “never again”. It was chanted after the murder of eight-year-old Victoria Climbié in Haringey, north London, in 2000 - 15th September
 * Now the recovery’s starting, are we all in that together, too? - Ministers are being very, very careful not to utter the phrase “green shoots” about the economy - 8th September
 * When sabre-rattling, the golden rule is to have some sabres first - Thursday night’s vote on Syria was a spectacular defeat for a prime minister who had overplayed his hand - 1st September
 * Hurt Assad without helping the Islamists? Here’s one way - The pictures cry out for vengeance. A baby struggles for breath amid a line of corpses; a boy weeps... - 25th August
 * Pack a bucket and spade, sweetie – Mummy needs to bury her smartphone - In the past week I’ve emailed three work colleagues about trivial issues - 4th August
 * Now, m’lud, you must say why children and parents are being torn apart - Five years ago a bunch of humble newspaper readers wrought a historic change in the law - 28th July
 * Roll your sleeve up, doc, this jab of patient power will make the NHS better - Last week’s political brawl over the NHS was a moment to remember that every government has fouled up - 21st July
 * What the NHS needs is a degree of kindness. The rest can be taught - 14th July
 * I balked at choosing my child’s sex but I’m fine with ‘three-parent’ babies - Five years ago I fell into the grip of a weird hormonal surge with which some weary fathers may be all too familiar... - 30th June
 * Deaths, incompetence, cover-ups: this was the NHS’s Hillsborough - My heart sank when I opened Tuesday’s paper and saw that the Care Quality Commission had tried to cover up its failure to spot fatal mistakes in a Cumbrian hospital - 23rd June
 * If you want to be Obama’s lieutenant, PM, you’ll need soldiers - On Friday the sonorous boom of the military rang out - 16th June
 * The thin blue line is stretched to cover out border control failures - Recently a friend of mine had turned into London’s Edgware Road from a side street when she saw a... - 9th June
 * We can’t digest health advice, so ban the evil cocktail in our food - In the hierarchy of sin, it is not always clear where fish and chips should rank - 2nd June
 * Exit Stalin. Now let the little people rescue the NHS - Wanted: a new chief executive of the NHS to heal the sick, soothe the unions and salve government headaches, with no extra cash. Sounds like a plum job, doesn’t it? - 26th May
 * Officialdom’s golden rule of child protection: save your own neck first - A few years ago I opened a letter that still fills me with remorse - 19th May
 * So tell us, prime minister, what would make you quit Europe? - The prime minister is said to be “relaxed” about letting Tory rebels vote on a symbolic amendment to the Queen’s speech, expressing their regret at the absence of a referendum on European Union membership. And indeed it’s a pretty harmless way for Eurosceptics to let off steam - 12th May
 * Naming the arrested is right – justice holds dark secrets enough - Last week we learnt that if you are a former policeman accused of nicking £113,000 from headquarters, your name can be kept secret - 5th May
 * The GP's cushy deal means we're all left to suffer in casualty - The last time I lurched into A&E, carrying a prostrate child who turned out not to have meningitis, I was amazed to see other children playing merrily with the hospital toys - 28th April
 * As the liberal sneers persist, who now speaks for Essex man? - When I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, there were still people who whispered the term “self-made” as an accusation against those who had dared to alter the natural order of things by going out and getting rich - 14th April
 * Blackout Britain looms while ministers flicker on and off over energy - In weather that would freeze a penguin, our street has suffered its second power cut in a month - 30th March
 * Yes, mothers need help to return to work — after a few years - Having told richer mothers that it could no longer afford to pay them child benefit, the coalition has found a spookily similar amount of money in its back pocket to put towards the money they pay for childcare - 24th March
 * Put those press chains away: the law already protects any victims - I still have the thank-you letter sent to me by relatives of Robert Murat in 2007 after it was falsely suggested by some members of the British press that he had murdered Madeleine McCann. I had written that there was no proof he was guilty, and that his treatment was a denial of justice - 17th March
 * Our immigration’s a mess: we need more doctors, not baristas - Ed Miliband’s vague apology for Labour’s 13-year experiment in uncontrolled immigration was quite... - 10th March
 * Give us the facts. Then close bad hospitals - Shutting A&Es often saves lives – but the NHS is so bad at selling change it’s no wonder public resistance is strong - 31st January
 * If you love wildlife, stop eating all its food - David Attenborough calls humans a plague. But it’s consumption, not population, that’s spiralling out of control - 24th January
 * Our welfare bill has run wildly out of control - We need more honesty from the poverty lobby. The cost of working tax credit has now hit Scandinavian heights - 17th January
 * We have the Good Society. Now make it Big - Instead of small charities nimbly stepping into the State’s shoes, private sector bureaucracy has strangled them - 10th January
 * Fat and sugar are just as deadly as cigarettes - Britain is second only to America for obesity. Relying on education alone has failed – now we must ban trans fats - 3rd January



Articles: 2012

 * Plebgate was just the B-side to Plodgate - The disgruntled officers behind Andrew Mitchell’s fall risk destroying trust in the whole police service - 20th December
 * Collateral damage: blasting banks hurt us too - All the justified efforts to punish finance for its arrogance and greed have contributed to economic stagnation - 13th December
 * Labour must cut its dependency on welfare - The Opposition has been set a hard test by the Chancellor: will it vote for the coalition’s benefits proposals or not? - 7th December
 * This was the most horrific case since Bulger - Parachute a new team in to prevent another Edlington. What worked in schools can work in child protection - 29th November
 * A law is no way to stop excesses of the press - Lord Justice Leveson will not be able to find a magic path between overbearing regulation and freedom of speech - 22nd November
 * There’s no way back for the falsely accused - It is fashionable to believe that abuse is rife. But suspecting everyone pushes children needlessly into care - 15th November
 * Sober suits know better than bearded greens - Insurers have priced the cost of inaction on climate change. Barack Obama should respond with carbon taxes - 8th November
 * Obama doesn’t get America’s can-do instinct - Soul-searching voters fear that the President’s social democracy will be the end of the American dream - 1st November
 * And your homework tonight is: do less of it - The French President is right. We shouldn’t be torturing our children (and ourselves) with hours of extra study - 18th October
 * This is no time to be shy about the good news - David Cameron has confronted those who see his Government as uncaring and complacent. Now we need action - 11th October
 * This is a crisis, not a time for teenage sneers - The tragic paucity of ideas in Miliband’s speech reflects the inability of politicians to rise to today’s huge challenges - 4th October
 * Green energy will boost growth, not stall it - The Tories have become a blue roadblock to business investment that is essential for keeping the lights on - 27th September
 * Green shoots for jobs, but not for growth - John Major is only half right. While the eurowobbles continue, the Treasury and business will hoard their cash - 20th September
 * Hunt for health – it’s a gamble worth taking - A reassuring bedside manner is not enough for the new Secretary of State. He must be radical as well - 6th September
 * Taxing wealth is fine. Soaking the rich isn’t - The super-rich must pay their share but Clegg is sending out the wrong message to the people building the recovery - 30th August
 * This is not the end Tony Nicklinson deserved - The ‘slippery slope to murder’ argument must not prevail. Canada has shown mercy to sufferers and we must too - 23rd August
 * Private treatment is curing a sick hospital - Waiting times are down, patient satisfaction up. The Circle experiment must be extended to other failing trusts - 16th August
 * Without maths we can’t count on our jobs - Britain can no longer afford to have a generation baffled by numbers. Children must study maths till they are 18 - 26th July
 * Don’t give up — climate change just got easier - Global summits are history and US oil is flowing fast, so the good news is that small steps are now the way forward - 19th July
 * Wanted: one governor, two different skill sets - The new team at the Bank of England must combine academic brilliance with enough savvy to take on the City - 12th July
 * Here’s why Barclays won’t have a female boss - We are wasting the talent of women who know it’s just as important to spend time with their children as their jobs - 5th July 2012
 * Look away now: a tale of British immigration - The feudal societies imported from Pakistan and Bangladesh throw up problems that no one wants to address - 28th June 2012
 * Why should Tony Nicklinson be condemned to live? - This man is being sacrificed to pain because British laws have not caught up with medicine’s new dilemmas - 21st June 2012
 * We’re paying the price for our banker bashing - How do we get our battered, overcautious banks to lend? This Plan B will help but it’s too little, too late - 16th June 2012
 * But what about the super-class, Mr Milburn? - Despite the schools revolution, the power of the very rich stops the merely able from reaching the top on merit - 31st May 2012
 * To help good workers you must fire bad ones - A rich Tory wasn’t the right man to report on employment law. But that doesn’t mean his proposals are wrong - 24th May
 * Confused? Follow the money, not the talk - Billions of euros have left Greece in ten days. That points to a disorderly exit and more dominoes falling - 17th May 2012
 * Hunt was naive. But so are those hunting him - It is right that business people and politicians mix – as long as they abide by the rules of engagement - 26th April 2012
 * Kirchner’s piracy will come back to haunt her - Argentina’s ‘oil grab’ may look like canny politics but it will be a disaster when investors shudder and turn away - 19th April 2012
 * A depressing tale of a mother seeking help - My attack on ‘expert’ witnesses in family cases brought a vitriolic response — and a sad story that proves my point - 12th April 2012
 * Remove the veil of secrecy from these fakes - So-called expert witnesses in the family courts hold children’s fate in their hands. But they are nothing of the sort - 29th March 2012
 * Osborne gambles on principle over politics - The 50p tax rate was a big red ‘keep out’ sign to entrepreneurs and business. Abolishing it is a risk worth taking - 22nd March 2012
 * I’ve seen A4e in action. It’s not the problem - There is nothing wrong with profiting from getting people back to work, but let’s be much tougher about results - 8th March 2012
 * Protect our infants from scary lift engineers - . . . and tree surgeons. Honestly. We were told that CRB checks would go down – but they have continued to rise - 1st March
 * The nurse is right. Waiting lists can’t get longer - Patients judge the NHS through the prism of waiting times. Keep them down – or abandon the Bill - 23rd February 2012
 * We need a leveller up, not a leveller down - OffToff, as it’s known, was a sop to those who opposed university fees. Forget who runs it; just get rid of it - 16th February 2012
 * Call Strasbourg’s bluff: send Abu Qatada home - Britain must stand up for itself as the European Court of Human Rights interferes in affairs well beyond its remit - 9th February 2012
 * Bankers: we need truth and reconciliation - The Americans and Swedes have got it right. Tell the victims exactly what went wrong and punish the guilty - 2nd February 2012
 * Europe: rumours of its demise are exaggerated - At Christmas catastrophe seemed inevitable. Now, thanks to the two Marios, the outlook is far brighter - 26th January 2012
 * Could the press expose thalidomide today? - We hear a lot about newspaper excesses but creeping legislation is making it harder to report genuine injustice - 19th January 2012
 * We’re wasting billions. Let’s break the habit - Governments will always throw away money, but here are three ways ministers and civil servants can stop the rot - 12th January 2012
 * These reforms will help but not cure nursing’s problem - Let patients audit hospitals, change training and improve discipline... there’s a long way to go - 7th January 2012



Articles: 2011

 * France defends farmers: we must save the City - Batting for bankers may not look clever, but as Europe’s growth fades London must retain its lead in world finance - 15th December 2011
 * The Attenborough Guide to saving the planet - In the end he didn’t speak out about climate change after all. He just showed us the pictures and let us decide - 8th December 2011
 * We’re crippled by a risk we can’t even quantify - Even the best economic scenario needs drastic action. The worst is so bad not even the City dares price the danger - 1st December 2011
 * Don’t ask me to pay for these ‘apprentices’ - For the Government to throw millions of taxpayers’ money at large companies to train their own staff is absurd - 24th November 2011
 * Into the valley of death go our brilliant ideas - British scientists lead the world in developing new drugs. But the rest of the world is reaping the benefits - 17th November
 * Nurses are the problem, not just the assistants - When standards of NHS care are often so disastrous, armies of regulators should be doing their job. They are not - 10th November 2011
 * German fears are as perilous as Greek faults - Berlin is haunted by memories of inflation. And that has led it to demand too much of its European partners - 3rd November 2011
 * Taming the lobbyists won’t cut energy bills - The rush to regulation does nothing for consumers or to root out the next Werritty. It’s action for its own sake - 20th October
 * The NHS Bill is dying. Put it out of its misery - While experts argue, the health service is going bust. The coalition must accept Labour’s offer of a compromise - 13th October 2011
 * The State must roll up its sleeves on growth - As global rivals cultivate business, Britain not only fails to champion its winners but regulates them to death - 6th October 2011
 * More little greenies would rescue nursing - We know what’s wrong on the wards, so let’s fix it. Start by bringing back non-graduate state enrolled nurses - 29th September 2011
 * Nurse training has eroded the caring ethos - Even the RCN admits something’s wrong. The hands-on care that patients value is done by untrained assistants - 22nd September 2011
 * Let’s all admit it: being a good parent is hard - We must take heed of Unicef’s criticisms about our children. Parenting classes are not just for others - 15th September 2011
 * It’s no longer cuckoo to take the Swiss road - Britain and the EU are no longer going in the same direction. We should grab the chance for an amicable divorce - 8th September 2011
 * problem kids into jobs, not youth clubs'' - The money’s run out and unemployment is climbing. Scrapping needless regulation is the only thing we can do - 18th August 2011
 * must toughen up if we want tough policing'' - The mood is swinging towards zero tolerance. Add elected commissioners and we’d be getting somewhere - 11th August 2011
 * in shires could demolish the Tory vote'' - Relaxing planning rules to promote growth will cause an uproar that could dwarf the row over selling off forests - 4th August 2011
 * looks like Black Friday for Europe'' - Unless today’s EU meeting acts to avert the potential debt disaster, we face another Lehman Brothers moment - 21st July 2011
 * this judge really be on the people’s side?'' - If regulation of the press is too tight it will benefit the corrupt and the overpowerful – not ordinary citizens - 14th July 2011
 * can already pay for care. With our houses'' - The babyboom generation is the wealthiest yet. So why should someone else pick up the tab for their families? - 7th July 2011
 * runaway train link is on the wrong track'' - High Speed Two has a momentum all of its own. But do the arguments driving it forward really stack up? - 30th June 2011
 * must not let vested interests stall reform'' - Big business is increasingly ready to challenge the status quo. It must be confronted in schools and hospitals too - 23rd June 2011
 * NHS can’t manage itself. Who’ll show us how?'' - We must do a lot more to secure the future of healthcare - 16th June 2011
 * ignorance on the NHS is costing lives'' - If the voters keep on opposing change and supporting failure they will deserve the failing healthcare they get - 9th June 2011
 * to read: that’s a sentence prisoners need'' - Many young criminals reoffend because they are illiterate and can find no place in the adult world outside - 26th May 2011
 * can keep the macho man in check'' - The Strauss-Kahn case is a timely reminder that sometimes we have a right to know the secrets of the powerful - 19th May 2011
 * will no longer buy Pakistan’s victim complex'' - The West cannot go on supporting a nation that takes its money while harbouring and aiding its enemies - 5th May 2011
 * thinking won’t stem the human flow'' - Whether for jobs or benefits, people will cross Europe’s open borders. The Arab Spring only adds to the numbers - 28th April 2011
 * reforms are sinking by degrees'' - Ministers fear that student numbers will collapse at the worst moment, provoking mutinies on the coalition benches - 21st April 2011
 * relieves me of my Mother’s Day guilt'' - Do children suffer without the undivided attention of a single carer? No, we’re more like marmosets than apes - 31st March 2011
 * got to stop giving thrift short shrift'' - Mr and Mrs Reliable worked and saved, only to become victims of the finance industry and runaway inflation - 24th March 2011
 * are hurtling towards a car crash'' - Tuition fees were supposed to set higher education free, but now it is being suffocated in a Soviet-like grip - 17th March 2011
 * bankers abroad is financial suicide'' - Those who earn big money and big bonuses pay most in tax and bring jobs in other professions with them - 10th March 2011
 * oil at $120, green makes real sense'' - Countries with small cars and nuclear or renewable power have the best hedge against oil dictators - 3rd March 2011
 * shouldn’t begin in the public purse'' - Nearly half the budget for voluntary organisations comes from the State. We need fewer, better charities - 10th February 2011
 * booming world is a reason to be cheerful'' - Despite bleak GDP figures and Pfizer job losses, global growth gives Britain its best chance of balancing the books - 3rd February 2011
 * their hands – the little guys can save us'' - Small businesses can generate the growth we need so desperately. But only if they are freed from crazy red tape - 27th January 2011
 * abolish the idea that easy is good enough'' - Just 16 per cent of children pass the ‘English bac’. We do them no favours by pretending all GCSEs are equal - 20th January 2011
 * needs us as much as we need it. For now'' - Western business is being dangerously naive as Beijing tries to bully, buy and spy its way to world dominance - 13th January 2011
 * is no basis for justice'' - How can anyone be proved innocent when they are already damned as guilty in blogs or on Twitter? - 6th January 2011



Articles: 2010

 * parents. Marriage. Why is that taboo?'' - Fifty years of orthodoxy is at stake, but Frank Field is right to suggest that child neglect begins at home - 16th December 2010
 * wins a skirmish, but may lose the war'' - Although the Nobel boycott looks appalling to Western eyes, it is a sign of deep insecurity inside Beijing - 9th December 2010
 * to Cancún: privatise the rainforests'' - We must make trees more valuable alive than chopped down. That means we must pay to protect them - 2nd December 2010
 * can be no growth if everyone’s broke'' - Europe’s recovery depends on exports. But unless we find new trading partners a lost decade beckons - 25th November 2010
 * adoption system. Grown-ups needed'' - With 12.000 children looking for homes, we may have to turn to America to break our cycle of misery - 18th November 2010
 * can’t just trust experts on the risk to a child'' - Unless courts drop the concept of ‘emotional abuse’ more mothers will be tempted to flee with their children - 11th November 2010
 * can’t have excellence and social engineering'' - To get more working-class students into university, we need better schools, not more state interference - 4th November 2010
 * is our chance to put Europe in its place'' - The Greek debt crisis has given David Cameron an opportunity to win back money and power from Brussels - 28th October 2010
 * cuts were easy. Growth is the big problem'' - Osborne has achieved Stage 1. But unless he tackles tax rates and onerous employment law, there will be no new jobs - 21st October 2010
 * US college experience shows fees work'' - If students pay they can expect more of their universities. But we mustn’t let prices spiral to Ivy League extremes - 13th October 2010
 * the coalition we must all work together'' - The age of bribes is over. Cameron has boldly made clear that he aims to reinvent the whole business of government - 7th October 2010
 * we cut legal aid, do families not bleed?'' - As a poignant case in Coventry illustrates, slashing legal help for vulnerable people could prove disastrous - 30th September 2010
 * Big Society is about bowling together'' - It’s not so complicated after all: making connections with other people breathes life into communities - 23rd September 2010
 * don’t make a doctor punch the clock'' - Illnesses don’t follow ‘structured pathways’, so why should physicians? These rigid rules are killing our NHS - 17th September 2010
 * don’t need new laws to call Crow’s bluff'' - Anti-strike legislation could split the coalition. But there are other ways to prevent a spring of discontent - 9th September 2010
 * teacher, leave these academies alone'' - New schools offer a way to break the cycle of underachievement. We mustn’t let vested interests undermine them - 2nd September 2010
 * hours are women’s enemy, not low pay'' - The men-only model of achievement is alive and well in ‘extreme jobs’ that leave no time for life outside work - 20th August 2010
 * say sorry. I promise I won’t sue you'' - Management-speak means never having to say you’re sorry. An Apology Act would enable us to be human again - 23rd July 2010
 * jobs – make it easier to sack people'' - Redundancy is painful. But firms have no incentive to hire if it’s almost impossible to fire - 16th July 2010
 * high passes are hiding low expectations'' - Overqualified and underachieving, a generation of children is being conned - 9th July 2010
 * and glass has a place. But not everywhere'' - Prince Charles was right about the plans for Chelsea Barracks. At least he is not overawed by a big-name architect - 2nd July 2010
 * Shannon, what about the other 304,000?'' - It’s impossible to expect social workers alone to keep bad parents on the straight and narrow - 18th June 2010
 * jobless men – the social blight of our age'' - The benefits system has produced an emasculated generation who can find neither work nor a wife - 28th May 2010
 * five-year plan that might really work'' - Its project may be Soviet in scale, but give the coalition credit: it has bold ambitions to shift power to the people - 21st May 2010
 * must be fair to everyone – even the rich'' - Prosperity masked deep social divisions. As the cuts bite, the fractures will widen unless the pain is shared - 14th May 2010
 * in the IMF to tell us how bad it really is'' - The next government needs the backing of the big boys to drive through cuts. It’s much worse than we think - 6th May 2010
 * want The West Wing, not The Office'' - Our Parliament is stifled by inexperience and patronage. Let’s have an American-style system - 3rd May 2010
 * get a raw deal – but the MPs don’t get it'' - When voters say they want change, they mean an end to a system which favours cheats – in banks or on benefits - 21st April 2010
 * Lib Dem would be a vote for chaos'' - As tempting as it would be to punish the two main parties, a hung Parliament would be disastrous for Britain - 16th April 2010
 * is it ‘brave’ to want children and a career?'' - Our working lives will last 40 years. But taking just a few years out for a baby can ruin a lifetime’s prospects - 9th April 2010
 * an aid success story or a tyranny?'' - Our money is eradicating poverty. But it may also be used to prop up a repressive regime - 24th March 2010
 * the real world, the public sector must pay'' - Private sector workers are tired of footing the bill for bloated, inefficient services and the fat cats who run them - 9th July 2009
 * sticks to family court reforms promise'' - The Justice Secretary faces a big task but letting the media report the substance of proceedings is an important shift - 9th July 2009
 * the Government who won't learn'' - The new schools White Paper obfuscates the need to impart basic knowledge by jargon and guff - 3rd July 2009
 * warring kings won't work'' - The Bank, the Treasury and the FSA must stop arguing and help businesses to borrow - 26th June 2009
 * cuts without being cruel'' - Encouraging people to help each other break the cycle of dependency on the welfare state - 19th June 2009
 * mad to deny cuts are coming'' - Everyone knows the money has run out. We need politicians to spend less and to spend more wisely - 12th June 2009
 * spending is up — or down, depending who you listen to'' - A confusing war of figures has broken out, but no party can pretend that the hole in public finances can be filled easily - 11th June 2009
 * battle: the view from the blue corner'' - Labour in crisis is good news for the Tories, but does the prospect of a new leader actually upset their best-laid plans? - 5th June 2009
 * powerless Members of Parliament'' - The public are not only outraged by expenses but by the readiness of politicians to relinquish power - 22nd May 2009
 * renewable force meets an irreplaceable object'' - A green oil company can halve diesel emissions. But obtaining its wonder ingredient involves destroying vital rainforest - 15th May 2009
 * report shines light on Cinderella children'' - Report takes a rare look at the children – mostly boys – whom schools find disruptive, but who are too often left in limbo - 13th May 2009 (see: Schools failing to provide education for excluded pupils, Ofsted says)
 * families are safer for children'' - We still turn a blind eye to the danger posed to children by step-parents - 8th May 2009
 * guidelines patronising and dangerous'' - BMA move, prompted by the Baby P case, may encourage over-reporting of everything from frequent crying to harmless bruises - 7th May 2009
 * are all suspects in the new inquisition's eyes'' - A safety quango will vet one in four adults in the name of child protection. It won't stop predators, but it will corrode trust - 1st May 2009
 * Enterprises still heads for the rocks'' - Instead of a serious plan for recovery, the childish Chancellor served up fantasy forecasts - 24th April 2009
 * tough choice - cut pay or cut jobs'' - Public spending must be pruned hard. But that need not mean getting rid of teachers, nurses and police - 8th April 2009
 * G20 protesters do have a point'' - Behind anti-capitalist ranting lie genuine concerns about globalisation that world leaders are ignoring - 3rd April 2009
 * is a dangerous distraction'' - Politicians have done a shockingly bad job of explaining why we must bail out banks - 27th March 2009
 * mortgaging our future'' - Throwing money at inefficient services can create as many problems as it solves - 20th March 2009
 * education gets A* for defeatism'' - British schools are failing. But when a useful idea emerges it gets shot down in flames - 13th March 2009
 * parents need publicity'' - We hear the details of children left in danger. But what of the families of those removed unjustly - 6th March 2009
 * in a tortured position'' - We allow extraordinary rendition because we can't reconcile human rights with the threat of terrorism - 27th February 2009
 * dangerous diet of pizzas and porkies'' - If the recession turns really sour we may rediscover how to eat well. But not if we delude ourselves that cheap is good - 20th February 2009
 * heroes in the tale of Sir James and the Dragon'' - Paul Moore has exposed the greed in the banking system. He was right about risk, but his timing was all wrong - 13th February 2009
 * way ahead in race to be green'' - The President's bold speech on renewable energy has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the world - 6th February 2009
 * barriers blocking the rescue party'' - Our ingenuity has saved us before, but there are too many burdens on the back of entrepreneurs - 30th January 2009
 * rescue ship heads for the rocks'' - What should be a well-constructed bailout is being undermined by confusion and short-termism - 23rd January 2009
 * lobby faces terminal decline'' - Approval of the third runway looks like a victory. But it could be the last time the air industry gets its way - 16th January 2009
 * faith in experts fails justice'' - Professionals giving evidence in court are supposed to be independent not hired guns - 9th January 2009



Articles: 2008

 * courts: what changed on the long walk to freedom'' - Jack Straw's long-awaited decision to open up proceedings is a welcome one, fuelled by an ever-increasing lobby of which The Times has been at the forefront - 16th December 2008 (see: Innocent but presumed guilty - the first article - Back in January 2006, we asked how many homes were being broken by closed and secretive family courts)
 * must turn up the green heat of technology'' - Britain needs to raise its game. Producing green-collar jobs means serious innovation in finance and manufacturing - 12th December 2008
 * the IOC. London needs a new Games'' - The 2012 Olympics won't help community sport or tourism. But with fresh thinking it can regenerate a huge area of London - 5th December 2008
 * therapy won't cure the banks'' - Threats and punishment are no way to get lending going and restore life to the financial system - 28th November 2008
 * Haringey did take into care'' - Did financial pressure mean Baby P was left in his home when others in less danger were removed? - 21st November 2008
 * P's cries must not cause despair'' - For all the feckless behaviour and incompetence witnessed, enlightened new approaches do exist - 14th November 2008
 * lessons that need to be learnt from Baby P'' - Camilla Cavendish, who won an award for her campaign for more open family courts, gives her reaction to the tragedy - 13th November 2008
 * is ripe to change the climate of fear'' - We can create green-collar jobs, cut fuel bills and boost small businesses if we reject science fiction and accept real science - 7th November 2008
 * at home and then by the State'' - Women who manage to escape domestic violence then find themselves under suspicion - 31st October 2008
 * They really are watching us'' - The State's growing mania for gathering information is turning us into a nation of suspects and informers - 24th October 2008
 * homes. Help small businesses'' - It will be outrageous if banks force companies off the edge through their lending policies - 17th October 2008
 * Brown: conquering hero must not forget the home front'' - At home, there remain many unanswered questions about the details of the Government’s rescue package for British banks - 16th October 2008
 * guilty men who sent mum to Iceland'' - Toothless watchdogs have brought us to the brink. Bring back the stickler, not the nit-picker - 10th October 2008
 * an advert for dictatorship'' - We needed leadership. We got shenanigans. Thank goodness Europe is finding its own way - 1st October 2008
 * can no longer fund the corrupt'' - The UN rails against the banks, but the aid industry has been just as reckless in its lending and spending - 26th September 2008
 * roulette wheel is spinning too fast'' - Consolidation and correction are long overdue, but the speed of events is threatening the economy - 19th September 2008
 * rights must not trump public safety'' - Most mentally ill patients do not commit violent crime. But psychiatrists must be honest about the risks of those who do - 10th September 2008
 * 2028: we need ten new cities'' - Our immigration policy is unsustainable. We must cap numbers or start a tough guest worker scheme - 4th September 2008
 * things other people look after'' - How has it become normal, in one generation, to farm out children to poorly paid helpers? - 28th August 2008
 * alone won't get Labour out of this pit'' - David Miliband has summoned up the courage to make his challenge. Now he must set out what he stands for - 31st July 2008

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 * see also The Times Family Justice series