Trust and ethics: the public and politicians no longer even agree on the basicsMatt T. Clark, University of Leeds
What should Keir Starmer do about Wes Streeting? A leadership expert on how to handle rivals in your teamStefan Stern, City St George's, University of London
Reform has been warned that defecting Tories will damage its brand – and the first evidence is inMatthew Barnfield, Queen Mary University of London
Why has the 20mph limit become such a political issue in the Welsh election?Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University and Charles Musselwhite, Aberystwyth University
Trust and ethics: the public and politicians no longer even agree on the basicsMatt T. Clark, University of Leeds
Anas Sarwar: why did the leader of Scottish Labour call for Keir Starmer’s resignation – and has the move backfired?Jonathan Parker, University of Glasgow
Victims have told us the worst of Epstein’s crimes for decades – and they are still being ignoredLindsey Blumell, City St George's, University of London
Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor be compelled to testify in US Epstein investigation?Caleb H. Wheeler, Cardiff University
What exactly is misconduct in public office and could Peter Mandelson be convicted?Jeremy Horder, London School of Economics and Political Science
The fall of Peter Mandelson and the many questions the UK government must now answerMartin Farr, Newcastle University
The British public has lost faith in politics – the Peter Mandelson scandal must be a wake-up call for Keir StarmerSam Power, University of Bristol
Gorton and Denton byelection: Labour won comfortably in 2024 but Reform could benefit from a split vote on the leftLouise Thompson, University of Manchester
Crime is no longer just a local issue – that’s why a national police force is neededEstelle Marks, University of Sussex; King's College London
Is it illegal to make online videos of someone without their consent? The law on covert filmingSubhajit Basu, University of Leeds
Peter Mandelson steps down from the House of Lords – but he still has his titleStephen Clear, Bangor University
How ordinary neighbourhoods became battlegrounds in the politics of ‘broken Britain’Anthony Ince, Cardiff University
Suella Braverman defects: is Reform becoming a magnet for Tory baggage?Thomas Lockwood, York St John University
The public wants police to show up and care – will new reforms in England and Wales do this?John Coxhead, De Montfort University
The House of Lords has voted to stop under 16s using social media – what happens now?Daniel Gover, Queen Mary University of London
Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge – how we got hereHelen Margetts, University of Oxford and Cosmina Liana Dorobantu, London School of Economics and Political Science
Why the establishment of a national school for civil servants mattersMatthew Flinders, University of Sheffield; Ian C Elliott, University of Glasgow, and Rebecca Riley, University of Birmingham
How to involve men and boys in tackling misogyny? Start by treating them not just as perpetratorsEllie Buxton, Loughborough University
Reform UK: will high-profile defections change the party’s image?Parveen Akhtar, Aston University and Tahir Abbas, Aston University
Ahead of seismic local elections, what we know about Reform’s ability to put boots on the ground for the campaignTim Bale, Queen Mary University of London
Feel like you’re in a funk? Here’s what you can do to get out of it – and how you can prevent it from happening in the futureJolanta Burke, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
How to get control of your timeBoróka Bó, University College Dublin and Kamila Kolpashnikova, Western University
The hubris arc: how visionary politicians turn into authoritariansTrang Chu, University of Oxford and Tim Morris, University of Oxford
How domestic abusers use emotional bonding to control their victims – new studyMags Lesiak, University of Cambridge
Politics has always been a game – but why does it now feel like we’re being cheated?Tim Beasley-Murray, UCL
What interviews with ordinary Germans living under the Nazis can teach us about our current politicsMelissa Butcher, Royal Holloway, University of London
Women are three times as likely as men to feel unsafe in parks – here’s how we can design them betterAnna Barker, University of Leeds; Jennie Gray, University of Leeds, and Vikki Houlden, University of Leeds
Five ways you might already encounter AI in cities (and not realise it)Noortje Marres, University of Warwick
Thirty-five years since the wall fell, Berlin is divided – over what to do with crumbling communist buildingsKatrin Schreiter, King's College London
