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The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge it

Donald Trump’s second state visit in six years starts today at King Charles’s Windsor estate in style: a carriage ride (past Harry and Meghan’s old haunt of Frogmore Cottage, as it happens), a lavish evening banquet and panoply of military bands and fly pasts. It is a massive ceremonial courtesy…

Brexit removed many checks and balances from the UK government. That’s why leaving the European convention on human rights would be a huge risk, says constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor

The NHS needs cheap drugs, and our economy needs a thriving pharma industry. The president threatens both – no wonder Labour is grovelling to him, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Knowsley is a Labour stronghold. But judging by the polls and the people I spoke to, the messages of the right are truly cutting through, says deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

The Hillsborough campaigners have always said those who harm and mislead the public must be held to account. A new law, in their name, will do that, says justice secretary David Lammy

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Keir Starmer’s government may have broken the spirit of what it pledged in its winning election manifesto, but an alternative administration led by the soft-left mayor of Greater Manchester would represent a repudiation of it. The parliamentary party needs to calm down

Editorial: As protesters go on trial, it is clearer than ever that ministers chose the wrong target and the wrong process