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Autonomous vehicles could change our urban spaces and transport systems by altering commuting patterns, improving safety and decreasing congestion and emissions. Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence have the potential to accelerate these trends.

Lawyers have traditionally been slow to embrace technology, with courtroom practices remaining largely the same for centuries. The arrival of generative AI is set to change all that.

Voter turnout has declined in recent decades, reaching a 20-year low in the UK’s 2024 general election. While overall turnout has fallen, some groups – including young people and ethnic minorities – are even less likely to cast their vote. Alternative electoral systems might boost voter engagement.

Child poverty is depriving millions of youngsters of their basic needs – and hindering their potential for a brighter future. Addressing this challenge requires a multifaceted approach that tackles economic, educational and social disparities to create a more equitable world.

With each stage of this year’s European Championship, the probability of football coming home has risen. While Spain are favourites to win the final on Sunday, England have a 27% chance of lifting the trophy without a shoot-out – and around a 41% chance allowing for extra time and penalties.

Northern Ireland has poorer productivity than the other two devolved nations. At a recent event in Belfast, researchers, politicians and policy officials discussed the roles of skills, training, childcare and apprenticeships in boosting the nation’s economic performance.

Prospects for taxes and public services have been central in the election campaign. But the UK faces many other challenges, including housing, skills, climate, inequalities, energy, trade and policies to address the foundational problem of poor productivity. All our election coverage in one place.

The UK’s public services are stretched thin across the country, serving higher numbers of people with lower budgets. Introducing minimum standards and levels of infrastructure and services could help to reduce local and regional inequalities and ensure that all places prosper.

What is the right level of migration for the UK? Is the country on track to meet its commitments on tackling climate change? And how will big changes in the world trading environment affect the economy? Our fourth election newsletter looks at some of the global issues at stake in the election.

The UK is in the middle of a housing crisis related to availability, quality and affordability. The political parties promise high rates of housebuilding, and more, but questions about delivery remain.

How can we build more houses? Should taxes and welfare spending be cut? Does the National Health Service need an injection of cash and staff? Our third election newsletter explores some of the big ideas presented this week in the party manifestos.

The bookies have England as slight favourites for Euro 2024. But scorecasting economics suggests that at 10%, the team’s probability of lifting the trophy is behind Spain (15%) and France (20%). Scotland have a 45% chance of getting beyond the group stages of a big tournament for the first time.

Measures of price inflation in the UK have fallen in recent months, but this comes in part because the high rates of early 2023 have dropped out of the calculation. Domestic and geopolitical risks will affect whether inflation continues to drop over the rest of this year and beyond.