At Labour and Co-operative Oxford City Council, we are tackling the climate crisis and generating millions in community benefit through investing in community-owned clean energy.

USDAW General Secretary Paddy Lillis on how, after failing to support stronger action when the USADW Freedom From Fear petition was debated in Parliament, the Government has an opportunity to accept amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to tackle violence against shopworkers.

The Candidate Development Programme supported me - and helped me get elected as Southend on Sea's first Co-operative Councillor.

Co-operative Party polling shows that three quarters of the public believe the UK should be playing a leading role in tackling global corporate tax avoidance. Yet on Monday, the Government voted against our amendment to back President Biden's tax plans.

The last month saw our number of elected Co-operators grow to new levels, and we are already beginning work to ensure this continues into the future.

250 years since the birth of Robert Owen, we reflect on his life and legacy.

We've made great progress in the last year with opening up local democracy. The government's plan to force councils to return to physical meetings completely ignores this.

As a Labour & Co-op Police and Crime Commissioner, I know the difference that co-operative principles can make in power.

Labour's High Street Commission comes at a crucial time for the future of our town centres. We look forward to being a part of it, so we can help ensure co-operative values are at the forefront of our high streets' recovery.

I was proud to see recommendations from the Greater Manchester Co-operative Commission front and centre in Labour & Co-operative Metro Mayor candidate Andy Burnham's manifesto.

The rural economy has been hit hard by the pandemic, the economic crisis and the Government’s incompetent Brexit deal. As the Labour Party launches its Rural Review today, I'll be hearing how co-operative ideas and initiatives can make a difference.

From campaigning on food justice to our efforts to get hundreds of Co-operative Party candidates across the country elected, we have been putting co-operation front and centre.

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill includes increasing the maximum penalty for criminal damage to a memorial from three months to 10 years, yet the minimum sentence for rape is half that. That is why we created #FrozenInFear.

We need a better response to violence and abuse against shop workers from the criminal justice system. But as more shops re-open this week, all of us must remember to treat shop workers with kindness.

We were pleased to see co-operative ideas that will help rebuild our capital cited in the Labour Manifesto for London.

It is a tragedy and disgrace that in the sixth richest country in the world, millions of people suffer daily food insecurity.

The Co-operative difference in policing means a focus on preventative measures, and police working in and with local communities.

As our high streets continue to lose bank branches at an alarming rate, we need action to protect Access to Cash and our local economies.

In the 6th richest nation in the world, it is nothing less than a horrific indictment of our country that, as the report reveals, nearly 6 million people experienced food poverty in the past six months.

In the run-up to the May elections, the Co-op Party will be hosting a number of phone banking sessions to help get co-operators across the country elected. I encourage everyone to join!

I was proud to mark International Trans Day of Visibility yesterday with what I believe was the first event in the long history of the Co-operative Party where a panel of all-transgender people could speak about what matters most to us.