25th November 2021 Through working together, we’ve been able to make a real difference to women and girls in West Oxfordshire Rosa Bolger 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.
24th November 2021 Exeter City Council becomes another council to lead the way on fair tax Cllr Martin Pearce Councillor for Duryard & St James ward on Exeter City Council 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.
23rd November 2021 The Government must act and change the tax system to support our high streets James Butler Regional Organiser (East Midlands, West Midlands and South West) 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'.
16th November 2021 To tackle climate change after COP26, we must work together to make a difference. Tom Hayes Oxford City Councillor for St. Clement's Ward and Cabinet Member for Green Transport and Zero Carbon Oxford We must be focused on how we clean our energy, decarbonise heat and transport, and create high-paying green jobs.
16th November 2021 In the East Midlands, we must campaign to put power in the hands of people Jamie McMahon Co-operative Party NEC Member 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.
12th November 2021 At COP26, we’ve seen how young people are becoming the leading voice on tackling climate change Georgia Horsfall Communications and Press Officer It’s time to give young people a seat at the table – a say AND a stake – so that we can put in place the bold, co-operative solutions we need to tackle the climate crisis – before it’s too late.
9th November 2021 To address a climate crisis, we will need more co-operation, not less. Tom Hayes Oxford City Councillor for St. Clement's Ward and Cabinet Member for Green Transport and Zero Carbon Oxford Time is running out to get to net zero and avoid a climate disaster—Oxford is just one example of a co-operative city taking bold climate action.
29th October 2021 Celebrating Black History Month Cllr Anntoinette Bramble Deputy Mayor of Hackney and Deputy Leader of the Local Government Association It is critical that the untold stories of Black Britons are not just told but celebrated. Black History is intrinsically part of our British History and if these contributions are not known we are all robbed of our British History.
28th October 2021 Introducing mutual models within the English water industry could address the problems with our rivers and coasts Gareth Thomas Shadow Minister for Trade That not a single river in England meets an acceptable standard of environmental health isn’t just of huge concern for the ecological and natural wellbeing of our waterways, but is further symptomatic of a broken water and sewage system in our country.