Gordon Brown’s misguided plans for a ‘crackdown’ on young people carrying knives have more to do with the politics of ‘law and order’ than with a serious attempt to improve people’s lives, writes Yuri Prasad.

The National Union of Students is preparing to transform itself into a think-tank, effectively abandoning its role as a campaigning organisation and significantly reducing the influence of students on union policy, writes Yuri Prasad.

Politicians of all parties are keen to be seen as defenders of the NHS. But, argues Yuri Prasad, they all share the neoliberal policies that are causing the crisis.

A government-backed review of NHS services in London last week could lead to wholesale closures of accident and emergency wards, doctor’s surgeries and a number of district general hospitals, writes Yuri Prasad.