For years we’ve heard the mantra that the free market must be allowed to run unfettered – yet the most ‘capitalist’ governments are nationalising huge companies left, right and centre. It all goes to show, says SchNEWS that capitalism is a myth – and the sooner we stop wasting money propping it up, the better.

New Labour’s proposals for welfare reform still compare favourably with those of the tories – who can never understand what it means to be poor, sick and desperate, says Laurie Penny

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has ruled that patients with advanced kidney cancer will be denied four treatments on the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales reports Robert Stevens.