Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
TOOTHLESS in England, the campaign demanding an NHS dentist for everyone, launched following the formation of a local volunteer group, Toothless in Suffolk, that Steve Marsling and I set up to highlight the need for the NHS to urgently find a replacement for the last remaining dental practice due to close in the rural town of Leiston, Suffolk.
Half of the town’s residents had already been denied access to an NHS dentist the previous year following the closure of another practice.
The level of anger and frustration felt by the community on being abandoned in this way quickly became apparent when we held our first street stall in the middle of town, asking the public to sign a petition for the swift reinstatement of NHS dental services.
ROGER McKENZIE draws attention to the much-neglected oral traditions of the global South that define the identity – and therefore the liberation – of its custodians
GEOFF BOTTOMS, who has worked in a palliative care hospice for 11 years, argues the postcode lottery for proper end-of-life care must be ended to give the terminally ill choice and agency


