28th March 2024 Right to Food Bill Progresses in the Scottish Parliament Richard McCready Political Officer (Scotland) We did it! Thanks to Scottish Co-operative Party members lobbying their MSPs the Right to Food Bill can now go forward in the Scottish Parliament.
27th March 2024 A say and stake: why I back growing employee ownership in Scotland. Claire Baker MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife As both a Scottish Labour and Scottish Co-operative Party MSP and Convener of the Economy and Fair Work Committee in the Scottish Parliament, I am interested in how we can encourage employee ownership models, identify barriers and support more businesses to adopt co-op models in my region of Mid Scotland and Fife, and across Scotland.
26th March 2024 A greener, cleaner energy system. Daniel Monaghan Policy Officer Community energy provides the opportunity to transform our relationship to the energy system – both by moving away from fossil fuels and creating a more pluralised ownership form.
20th March 2024 Labour and Co-op Councillors in Glasgow back the Right to Food — Are you with them? Richard McCready Political Officer (Scotland) Time is running out, but we hope that as many people as possible will join our Glasgow councillors and ask their MSPs to support Rhoda Grant’s Bill.
14th March 2024 Growth, growth, growth: How local ownership is key to rebuilding Britain. Daniel Monaghan Policy Officer Local community ownership will have a big role to play in rebuilding Britain under a potential future Labour & Co-operative Government. As a Party, we will be continuing to campaign for a strengthened new Community Right to Buy – so that the demand for community ownership can be fully realised.
8th March 2024 It’s time for a co-operative approach to revitalising our town centres. Emma Hoddinott Assistant General Secretary (Representation & Political Affairs) It was great to speak at the Restitch conference today in Coventry about the co-operative approach to revitalising our town centres.
7th March 2024 Powering Camden: How we’re turbocharging community energy. Cllr Adam Harrison Cabinet member for a Sustainable Camden on Camden Council Decentralising energy is vital to creating greater resilience in our communities as the impacts of the climate emergency become manifest.
6th March 2024 What the Spring Budget means for the co-operative sector. Daniel Monaghan Policy Officer The Budget could have been the moment Britain began investing in its co-operative, mutual and wider social economy – seizing on the ambition of the co-operative sector to double in size over the next five years. Unfortunately, this has not been the case.
6th March 2024 Why I’m backing Rhoda Grant’s Bill to enshrine a Right to Food in Scotland. Cllr Francesca Brennan Labour and Co-operative Councillor on Inverclyde Council I will be writing, along with my Co-op colleagues and members of our Inverclyde Labour Group, to our MSPs to ask that they support Rhoda Grant’s Right to Food Bill by 20 March and would urge all MSPs to do the same.