Four Labour candidates are vying for the top job of BEIS Select Committee chair in the new Parliament. Read why they think they're best placed to succeed Iain Wright below.

The race to succeed Andrew Tyrie as chair of the Treasury Select Committee is hotly contested. Below the candidates make their case for taking on one of the most powerful roles in Parliament.

Wes Streeting has been among the Labour leaderships’ strongest critics. After the general election, he says Jeremy Corbyn deserves the respect of all wings of his party – but still has work to do to convince the public that he can make the final step into government 

Cross-party action is needed to ease the pain of funding health services – and it’s time to take ideas from everyone’s manifesto, says Sarah Wollaston. The Conservative MP talks to Sebastian Whale about her bid to be re-appointed as Health Select Committee chair 

At the age of 74, Vince Cable is on the verge of securing the Liberal Democrat leadership. But the former business secretary insists he is signing up to be far more than a ‘caretaker’. He talks to Mark Leftly. 

The hung parliament means party discipline – and those who enforce it – have never been more important, writes Kevin Maguire

Apprenticeships are finally getting the political attention they deserve, but now real action on policy must follow, writes the IPPR’s Joe Dromey

Agnes Chambre sits down with parliamentarians to find out more about the human side of politics. This week, former education secretary Nicky Morgan on the worst piece of advice she’s ever been given.

If Northern Ireland is to make the most of its talent pool, a quality apprenticeship system is paramount, writes David Simpson

The SNP’s new leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, says his first job is to scrutinise Brexit plans and oppose Tory austerity. But, he tells James Millar, his party is not giving up on the ultimate goal of independence

James Graham’s latest outing – on the birth of the Sun newspaper and the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire – is guaranteed to win headlines, writes John Ashmore

Barry’s Gardiner’s no-nonsense TV appearances made him one of the stars of the election – and left interviewers speechless. What next for Labour’s new cult hero? He talks to Kevin Schofield