Following a report into staff engagement at hospitals, an NHS bigwig has come out in support of change. The effect could cut away time wasting red tape and make for happier employees.

Bureaucratic processes are stifling the UK public sector and dehumanising its staff. But there is a way out of the “iron cage”.

Can former M&S boss Sir Stuart Rose help create a new management culture in hospitals? Will this help the almighty squeeze on budgets coming in the next couple of years?

Can UK social enterprises find a way to access £5.2bn of European cash? James Sweetman, co-founder of Stickyboard.co.uk, has some advice on how to make sure LEPs can make a real difference

Outsourcing giants G4S and Serco were noticeable by their absence in the Ministry of Justice's bidder list for a wave of major new contracts. So who is muscling in – and could it be poetic justice for social enterprise? Matt Black investigates

The Social Value Act was introduced by the UK Government in January 2013 as ‘a radical step’ towards improving the way public bodies and local authorities commission their services. A year on, has there been any real change? Isabelle de Grave and Sophie Hudson investigate

James Perry explains how the government could create a public service delivery market that delivers genuine value to the public.