Growing up on the outskirts of Manchester, Lisa Nandy has seen first-hand the damage decades of industrial decline has done to the UK’s once thriving communities. Now the Labour MP is determined that Britain’s towns are no longer overlooked by the political class. Elizabeth Bates travels to Wigan to hear more about her new initiative

After the Brexit Bill power grab we are in unprecedented territory. It’s up to UK ministers to now to tell us what action they will take to show that the will of Scottish Parliament, the Scottish government and the Scottish people is respected, writes Kirsty Blackman 

Returning from the election humbled and short of a majority, Theresa May had to restructure No10 after the highly-charged reign of her two former chiefs of staff. But one year on, is the operation struggling to cope under the weight of Brexit and government? Kevin Schofield and Sebastian Whale talk to Downing Street insiders, ministers and backbenchers to find out more about life behind Britain’s most famous black door

Starter for 10: How do you deliver a credible domestic policy agenda while dealing with the demands of Brexit? Minister for the Cabinet Office and two-time University Challenge champion David Lidington takes the questions. Quizmaster: Sebastian Whale

Growing up in a working-class Muslim neighbourhood in Birmingham, Nusrat Ghani says she never expected to enter the House of Commons. Now a government minister in the Department for Transport, she is taking everything one step at a time. She talks to Matt Foster about her journey

There is an unfair attempt underway to discredit the Speaker. But the staff of the Commons will not sit by and allow a ‘witch hunt’ to go unchallenged, writes the Serjeant-at-Arms Kamal El-Hajji

Ministers must legislate to ensure that producers of packaging are held accountable for the collection, recycling, and disposal of their products, writes Anna McMorrin

The Freedom of Information Act is fundamental to our system of accountability. It’s vital we close this legal loophole and ensure it applies to the contractors who run our services, writes Andy Slaughter

The attack on our democracy revealed by the Cambridge Analytica scandal raises fundamental questions about our legal system’s failure to keep up, warns Lord Knight, ahead of Thursday's debate on the abuse of social media data 

The culture that has been allowed to seep into the fabric of many of our public institutions should shame us all. Putting it right will take more than warm words, writes Lord Bassam

It’s vital a long term and sustainable plan is put in place to deal with the root causes of serious violence – and set young people on a path free from crime, writes Baroness Manzoor

The courage and determination of the Grenfell community should be an inspiration to us all. I am committed to ensuring that they get justice – and that this is never allowed to happen again, writes James Brokenshire