"Keep your hands of our health service," Margaret Roberts from Trafford told the government yesterday, speaking at a UNISON health conference in Liverpool.

The UK government is planning a propaganda campaign to try to defend health reforms critics say will destroy key aspects of the NHS.

If corporate power groups are permitted to get their hands on our most important and humane social institution, the National Health Service, it will be all but impossible for a future government to restore it, says Jill Segger. The so-called Big Society will have got quite a lot smaller.

Public bodies could bring about significant improvements in UK farming by ensuring that they buy their food from sustainable and ethical sources, according to Friends of the Earth.