Georgia Horsfall

The future of technology is the central political question of our age. Our co-operative movement can shape the answer for public good.

This week we will be debating the contribution of co-operatives to our economy and public life. The vast contribution our movement has made wouldn’t fit in a single article – our movement has shaped hundreds of thousands of communities and demonstrates day in, day out a better way to do business.

That is why I am launching a consultation on my bill to enshrine the Right to Food in Scots Law.

There is some welcome measures in today’s review. However we know community ownership provides the best protection from irresponsible owners, and no amount of tinkering around the edges will make up for the review’s silence on putting fans in charge. 

As a local councillor, I regularly hear from women who feel uneasy or unsafe, they want change and they want it supported by women and men.

Fighting the climate emergency and fuel poverty by reducing bills, are all ways that the City Council leads and adopting the Fair Tax Foundation standards seemed to be a natural extension of this.

As Co-operative MP James Murray puts it ‘ending the race to the bottom is crucial to taxing fairly, and to helping our high streets and British businesses to thrive’.

We must be focused on how we clean our energy, decarbonise heat and transport, and create high-paying green jobs. 

This weekend over 30 Co-operators from across the East Midlands came together in Gedling to knock on doors, deliver leaflets and run a street stall.