The use of artificial intelligence and automation in the public sector opens the door to new efficiencies and transformative systems. However, it is also awash with ethical and practical challenges, explains Guinevere Poncia

Living and working in an area and understanding the nuances and intricacies of that place makes you best positioned to decide what should happen, writes Lord Bilimoria

Steel is crucial to the UK’s economy, defence and infrastructure – yet we have fallen behind globally, writes Nic Dakin

Both Parliament and Whitehall are paralysed by Brexit. Whether we stay or leave, we need to empower our cities and give them the tools to thrive, writes Lord Heseltine

Flexible working is good for business, the economy and work-life balance. It must be offered as standard, not haggled for later down the line, says Helen Whately

May Days: Despite a humanitarian crisis, three and a half years on, fewer than half of the children who could have arrived under the government’s tokenistic cap have been brought here to safety, writes Alf Dubs

May Days: Her move at a stroke moved policing back towards the 1950s, writes Lord Dear

May Days: Far from giving victims their freedom, we appear to be embroiling them in a different set of constraints, and even literal imprisonment, writes Frank Field

May Days: It was Theresa May herself who accelerated the appalling “hostile environment” policy, which contributed to the Windrush scandal, writes Dawn Butler

May Days: Under the reign of Theresa May the statute books became more feminist while the lives of real women got harder, says Jess Phillips

May Days: May’s government has gone for headline grabbing policies but dodged the systemic change that is needed, writes Caroline Lucas

May Days: May showed herself to be a decent person who did her best for the country and was an advocate for local government, says Lord Porter