11th November 2022 Co-operators leading the way on warmbanks Gareth Dowling Regional Organiser (North West & Northern Ireland) and Local Government Support In true co-operative spirit, councillors are working with council officers, voluntary, community and faith sectors to utilise buildings and spaces to support residents struggling with the energy and cost of living crisis.
10th November 2022 A Labour Government will unlock the full potential of the co-operative sector. Tulip Siddiq MP Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Shadow City Minister) It’s time to radically reform the rules governing the sector to give greater flexibility and allow mutuals and co-operative financial services to grow.
7th November 2022 Co-operative Party Chair’s Update Jim McMahon MP Chair of the Co-operative Party and Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Since the summer the Co-operative Party has continued to play an active and effective role in championing our movement and the solutions it can bring to the challenges we face.
3rd November 2022 I’m proud that Hammersmith and Fulham has become a Fair Tax Council. Cllr Rowan Ree Cabinet member for Finance and Reform on Hammersmith and Fulham Council A fairer tax system is in everybody’s interest. I’m pleased that Hammersmith & Fulham has joined the Fair Tax Foundation in fighting for one.
31st October 2022 We’re fighting to deliver food justice in Tower Hamlets. Cllr Asma Islam Councillor for Weavers Ward on Tower Hamlets Council Building resilience, community cohesion, improve family incomes, and income maximisation are at the heart of what we were seeking to do.
28th October 2022 Why I’m backing Sir Mark Hendrick’s Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill Paul Sweeney MSP MSP for Glasgow As a Co-operative Party MSP, I am pleased to see that my Westminster colleague, Sir Mark Hendrick MP is bringing forward a Bill this week which would bring overdue changes to the legislation that governs co-operatives and mutuals.
26th October 2022 The Government’s recent decision to reclassify modern slavery threatens to undo years of progress on ending the crime. Daniel Monaghan Policy Officer The Co-operative Party will continue to ensure this issue is kept at the front of national debate. We must do more to ensure we end modern slavery in all its guises, so that no-one else has to suffer this terrible evil.
24th October 2022 The Government must provide certainty for co-operatively and community-owned wind farms. Joe Fortune General Secretary Last week saw the rushed passage of the Energy Prices Bill through the House of Commons, as one part of the Government’s response to the ongoing energy crisis. However the Bill provides little certainty for organisations like co-operatively and community-owned wind farms.
24th October 2022 In Lewisham, we’re working hard to tackle food injustice. Councillor Juliet Campbell Cabinet Member for Communities, Refugees and Wellbeing on Lewisham Council What we all desperately need of course is a Labour & Co-operative Government. But in the meantime, it behoves all of us to act to reduce food injustice.