Over the past decade, the private sector has been utilised to step up attacks on the welfare state and to profit from providing services. The Welfare Reform Act is one such example of Labour’s neoliberal tendencies argues Robert Stevens.

Is health care an essential service, or should it be subject to ‘internal market and competition rules’? Steve McGiffen warns us to beware the intentions of the European Commission.

Is contaminated air aboard jet airliners ruining people’s health? Are the government and the airline industry colluding to cover up a global public health scandal? Flying may not just be bad for the planet but bad for your health too. Chris Grimshaw investigates.