13th June 2025 Why rebuilding social clubs is vital to community empowerment Jonny Gordon-Farleigh Co-Lead of the Centre for Democratic Business In an era marked by political alienation and social fragmentation, clubs offer grounded, face-to-face environments for building trust and civic engagement.
13th June 2025 Fair Tax Week 2025 Daniel Monaghan Policy Officer Labour & Co-op-led local councils has shown what’s possible in local government. Across the UK, councils have stepped up by signing the Councils for Fair Tax Declaration.
13th June 2025 North Lanarkshire Council backs Fair Tax Week by signing Fair Tax Declaration Andrew Duffy-Lawson
12th June 2025 Celebrating 250 Years of Building Societies Martin Whitfield MSP Scottish Labour MSP for South Scotland In the run up to the 2026 Scottish Parliament election I am sure that the Scottish Co-operative Party will work hard to find policy solutions which support mutual financial institutions such as building societies and credit unions. Solutions which support financial institutions which they people own as members.
10th June 2025 How community ownership can transform Sheffield Cllr Minesh Parekh Labour and Co-operative Councillor for Sheffield City Council Community Right to Buy, High Street Rental Auctions, and the wider reforms offered by the Devolution White Paper, will allow councils like ours to build on this thread further, by giving communities control over their surroundings.
30th May 2025 Manchester embraces co-operation and community empowerment Cllr Marcus Johns Labour and Co-operative Councillor for Manchester City Council Cllr Chris Wills Labour and Co-operative Councillor for Manchester City Council Cllr Angeliki Stogia Labour and Co-operative Councillor for Manchester City Council
22nd May 2025 How Co-operation is Shaping Falmouth Cllr Jude Robinson Labour & Co-operative Councillor for Falmouth Trescobeas ward Our connection with local people means we are in touch with what they want and expect from the council and is the reason we have stepped up to take on services threatened with closure.
9th April 2025 Fair trade nation status is more than a title; it is a commitment to social justice, sustainability and global solidarity Colin Smyth MSP for South Scotland There was a debate in the Scottish Parliament this week to mark Scotland retaining its status as a Fair Trade Nation. Colin Smyth MSP is the Convener of the Cross-Party group on Fair Trade in the Scottish Parliament and shares his thoughts on this award for Scotland and the importance of the wider co-operative movement to Fairtrade.
9th April 2025 How mutual financial services could support SMEs to grow across all UK regions Daniel Monaghan Policy Officer The decentralised, relationship-based model of these mutual financial institutions allows them to stay more connected to the communities they serve.