Marie Le Conte sits down with parliamentarians to find out more about the human side of politics. This week, Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani on her annoying habits, her earliest memory and why she “revels in embarrassing others”

Students deserve a better deal and universities need financial certainty to maintain our research excellence. We must get funding decisions right, says Daniel Zeichner MP

Systemic change is needed to broaden the pool of applicants so those from disadvantaged backgrounds can flourish in higher education, writes Lucy Powell MP

Changes to the system for supporting youngsters with special needs have been beset with problems. Improving this situation presents a significant challenge for Parliament, write Robert Long and Shadi Danechi

Businesses must engage with schools, widen their work experience programmes and create new access routes into the workplace, writes David Johnston MP

“The youth justice system should be there to rehabilitate offenders, but it is failing miserably – 76 % of children who serve custodial sentences go on to reoffend” writes Anne Longfield, Children's Commissioner for England

A cliff-edge abolition of Section 21 could lead to rent hikes and the exclusion of tenants most in need

The sole survivor of Labour’s pre-election Efra team, Luke Pollard has four major Bills plus a climate emergency on his radar. The new shadow environment secretary talks to Georgina Bailey about fisheries, his plans for a coastal renaissance and his determination to stop Brexit standards slipping.

It is deeply uncomfortable for political leaders to have to tell their constituents that they need to change lifestyles. But without that leadership, we will fail to reach our zero-carbon emissions target, writes Lord Browne.