Rebecca Lowe: Fight for the right to choose of the poor, the fat and, yes, the stupid

None of these qualities necessarily stop you wanting things, knowing what you enjoy, and being able to weigh up how to decide.

Patrick Spencer and Gerard Lyons: Yes, the British jobs story is a good one – but we can’t count on it carrying on forever

A report published by the Centre for Social Justice today outlines four major traps that could jeopardise Britain’s employment miracle.

May’s speech on science – “the UK’s ingenuity and creativity will be what drives our progress as a nation”

“Today over half of the UK’s resident researcher population were born overseas. When we leave the European Union, I will ensure that does not change.”

Alan Mak: Investing in new technology will create a new era of patient power

As I set out in my report, my challenge to the NHS is to move all GP surgeries and hospitals from being paper-first to digital-first organisations over the next 10 years.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Why over-policing undermines the police themselves – and civil society

Improving the situation means not only holding the police to greater account, but behaving more responsibly ourselves.