Dan Jarvis publishes plans for a ‘Co‑operative Community’ in South Yorkshire Posted on 20th April 2018 (20th April 2018) by Anna Birley Labour & Co-operative candidate for the Sheffield City Region Dan Jarvis MP has launched his election manifesto—with co-operative ideas championed by the Co-operative Party playing a central role.
Britain won’t solve its productivity crisis unless employees get a real stake in their workplace Posted on 5th April 2018 by Anna Birley The Chancellor isn’t wrong to talk about productivity in the UK – but he is missing a key part of the jigsaw by failing to promote employee ownership and co-operative models.
Let’s mark 3 years of privatisation failure on East Coast by bringing our railways back into public ownership Posted on 1st March 2018 (13th March 2018) by Anna Birley Three years ago today, the Conservative Government privatised the publicly-owned East Coast Trains. The years since are a reminder of why only democratic public ownership is fit to deliver the railway the travelling public deserve
A revolution in community housing is underway – so why is the Government putting it in jeopardy? Posted on 1st August 2017 (19th January 2023) by Anna Birley In two years, communities have worked together to build hundreds of permanently affordable homes. But policy changes could put Community Land Trusts (CLTs) at risk.
A race to the bottom or building wealth co-operatively? The choice is ours. Posted on 30th June 2017 (5th January 2018) by Anna Birley For decades, communities have been told that their only option for regeneration is to compete against one another to incentivise big business to set up shop, and that waiting for inward investment is the only path to growth. But the race to the bottom could soon be over, thanks to a new approach that puts local people at the heart of rebuilding their local economy.