As social challenges rise, the government’s workforce is shrinking. David Floyd talks through the innovations that could solve the gargantuan challenge of meeting the UK's social needs.

Billions of pounds of cuts, 'graphs of doom', the promise and betrayals of the Big Society, lead us to one big question: who pays when the state can't?

As businesses step up to provide public services they're cashing in on an £80 billion market. But there are some big moral and practical dilemmas to contemplate.

Instilling a concept of 21st century citizenship is where we should be headed says Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA. David Floyd interviews Taylor about posing questions and slagging off your own team

With the impending takeover of more than 600 Lloyds branches and declining consumer confidence in big business, Ed Mayo says the time is now for co-operatives