Against all the evidence, the government remains committed to the market agenda in the public sphere, where it continues to invoke the language of consumer choice and user involvement as a cover for privatisation. In this issue Peter Beresford discusses personalisation in social care; Sally Baker and colleagues report from the front line in mental health; and Stewart Player documents the government"s championing of "choice" in the health service. Market failure on the global scene is addressed by Colin Hines and Ann Pettifor. Michael Bradshaw discusses the Sakhalin 2 story, which shows what can happen when the future of a major energy project is decided by private companies; Jon Bloomfield argues that the European Union is a key arena in which the kind of political action that is currently needed can be articulated and supported; and Richard Archer and Jo-anne Schofield report on the state of play in Australia. Also in the issue: Robert Reiner on law and order; Bridget Anderson and Rutvica Andrijasevic on trafficking and migration; and Sarah Franklin on cultural attitudes to IVF. This book also contains reviews and poetry.