Richard Leonard backs plan to give first-year school pupils a £20 credit union ‘starter for 20’. Posted on 27th September 2018 (27th September 2018) by Richard McCready Scottish Labour Leader Richard Leonard MSP has demonstrated his commitment to co-operative principles by putting forward a policy which will implement our ideas about credit unions right across Scotland.
Dundee City Council Signs up to Charter Against Modern Slavery Posted on 27th September 2018 by Richard McCready At Dundee City Council’s Policy & Resources Committee I was proud to second my Scottish Co-operative Party colleague Councillor Richard McCready on the motion to get the council to sign […]
Promoting local, co-operatively-owned campaigning journalism Posted on 11th September 2018 (27th September 2018) by Richard McCready How do we ensure that technological, cultural and economic changes empower people rather than oppress them? This was the task which Jeremy Corbyn set himself at a recent lecture on the media in Edinburgh.
Scots want to see governments intervene more robustly to encourage responsible tax palnning by business Posted on 21st June 2018 (28th November 2018) by Richard McCready New research commissioned by the Fair Tax Mark reveals that the Scottish public want to see the UK Government intervene much more robustly to encourage responsible tax planning by business. […]
1000 businesses, workers and organisations call for law change to protect shop-workers Posted on 30th May 2018 (30th May 2018) by Richard McCready A consultation carried out by Daniel Johnson MSP has found overwhelming support for a change in the law to protect staff selling age-restricted products from violence, threats and abusive behaviour.
Scottish Transport Bill Due – Time for the People’s Bus Posted on 4th April 2018 by Richard McCready In recent weeks, the Scottish Parliament has been debating buses, and last week Co-operative MSPs Claudia Beamish MSP along with Labour colleagues Colin Smyth MSP and Iain Gray MSP made […]
Ownership Matters – Scottish Labour Conference Report Posted on 15th March 2018 by Richard McCready It is clear from last week’s Scottish Labour Conference in Dundee that the wider labour movement in Scotland is aware that ownership matters.
Mary Barbour – Honoured on International Women’s Day Posted on 8th March 2018 (8th March 2018) by Richard McCready On 8 March 2018, International Women’s Day, a statue will be unveiled to honour Mary Barbour, who led the Govan Rent Strike in 1915 and campaigned throughout her life to improve living standards for the working classes in Glasgow.
Not Part of the Job Posted on 26th February 2018 (26th February 2018) by Richard McCready Violence, threats and abuse are not part of anyone’s job and that is why the Scottish Co-operative Party is supporting the proposed Member’s Bill put forward by Daniel Johnson MSP in the Scottish Parliament.