4th February 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 Our membership is increasing, and with over 13,000 members we now have more than at any time in the Party’s history. With significant elections coming up, we’re putting ourselves in the best possible position to increase the size of our political representation.
2nd February 2022 We need an approach to ‘levelling up’ that is co-operative in spirit as well as action Joe Fortune General Secretary In a parallel universe, the Government would have seized upon and rocket boosted co-operative principles and community power within a genuine ‘levelling up’ agenda. Instead, today’s long awaited Levelling Up White Paper doesn't do enough to put power back in the hands of people who need it most.
1st February 2022 LGBTQ+ History Month: Our Co-operative Journey to Equality Ashley Halstead It is vitally important that this LGBTQ+ History Month, we remember the rights we have won as a community and the sacrifices it took to get to this point. However, we must also remember that there is still so much further to go.
28th January 2022 Embracing the spirit co-operation could help us tackle the causes of crime Tom McNeil Assistant Police & Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands In the West Midlands we are so excited to be leading on or supporting others in pioneering new ways of bringing different agencies, community groups or organisations together to work more holistically and in a way that truly embodies co-operation.
19th January 2022 More than a licence – the campaign to protect the BBC Andrew Pakes Deputy General Secretary at Prospect Union The BBC licence fee is back in the news again. But the debate about whether to scrap it or not misses the fundamental value of the BBC to our culture, economy and way of life.
19th January 2022 We musn’t let our rural communities feel left behind Jim McMahon MP Chair of the Co-operative Party and Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government I’m delighted that the Co-operative Party launches a consultation on rural communities which will build on the excellent work that has already been done on Labour’s Rural England Policy Review, led by my Labour and Co-operative colleague Luke Pollard MP.
18th January 2022 Fans should not face the uncertainty that administration brings and the very real possibility of liquidation Elaine Dean Vice Chair of RamsTrust and Former President at Central England Co-op Government could –if it wanted to– make fan ownership a reality. Make no bones about it, Derby FC is in administration because of the structure of ownership which encourages owners to overstretch and a failed regulatory system
12th January 2022 We must tap into that local spirit of co-operation to make a difference to our town centre Hugh Goulbourne Chair of the Huddersfield and Colne Valley Co-op Party As we rebuild from the pandemic, we must take the chance to have a more open and collaborative approach to the future of the town centre, with the council, West Yorkshire Mayor and our community all working together as architects and advocates for a better town centre at the heart of our thriving community.
5th January 2022 Taking co-operation into the future: data trusts Kanishka Narayan Leicester Branch Member The future of technology is the central political question of our age. Our co-operative movement can shape the answer for public good.