17th October 2018 Not Part of the Job – the first week Ben West Communications & Digital Officer Since we launched our campaign on violence against shop workers last week, the scale of the problem has become clear–but so has public support for change.
16th October 2018 Conference 2018 – the youth perspective Caitlin Prowle Youth Organiser Another Co-op Party Conference has come and gone, but we all left Bristol bursting with ideas and ambitions. Young people in particular were left with plenty to think about.
10th October 2018 Nowhere to hide from Modern Slavery Mayor of Salford Mayor of Salford Paul Dennett on why his council has signed up to the Modern Slavery Charter.
8th October 2018 We need to work together to keep shop workers safe Cllr Emily Spurrell Labour & Co-operative Party Councillor for Mossley Hill Ward & Merseyside Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Police, businesses and many other agencies need to work together to tackle offenders and keep workers safe. And we need a properly funded police service so shop workers get the right response, when they need it.
28th September 2018 Can the future of democracy be found in Taiwan? Emma Hoddinott Local Government Officer With Westminster struggling to modernise procedures as simple as letting MPs on maternity leave take part in votes, there is a movement in Taiwan embracing technology to change how decisions are made, and giving citizens a chance to take part.
28th September 2018 Five takeaways from Labour conference Ben West Communications & Digital Officer The speeches in the Liverpool are over and the delegates have gone home. But after a packed few days at this year's Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, there are plenty of reasons our co-operative movement can feel positive
27th September 2018 Academic or vocational learning—why not both? Emma Hoddinott Local Government Officer Young people will need a mix of academic and vocational skills to thrive in the workplace of the future. The co-operative movement is taking the first step towards making it happen.
27th September 2018 Unfinished Business James Butler Campaigns Officer Coming straight after being awarded the prestigious Del Singh Memorial Award by Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP for the Charter Campaign against Modern Slavery, the timing for the Co-operative Party’s Fringe on modern slavery could not have been more appropriate.
27th September 2018 “Why on earth shouldn’t the people who create the wealth own the wealth that they create?”, asks Richard Leonard Richard McCready Political Officer
27th September 2018 Richard Leonard backs plan to give first-year school pupils a £20 credit union ‘starter for 20’. Richard McCready Political Officer Scottish Labour Leader Richard Leonard MSP has demonstrated his commitment to co-operative principles by putting forward a policy which will implement our ideas about credit unions right across Scotland.
27th September 2018 Dundee City Council Signs up to Charter Against Modern Slavery Cllr Georgia Cruickshank Councillor for Maryfield ward on Dundee City Council
17th September 2018 Modern Slavery Month of Action launched in Wales Jeff Cuthbert On Saturday, Co-operative Party MPs, Assembly Members, councillors and members came together in Cardiff to make their pledges to help end Modern Slavery.
11th September 2018 Promoting local, co-operatively-owned campaigning journalism Richard McCready Political Officer How do we ensure that technological, cultural and economic changes empower people rather than oppress them? This was the task which Jeremy Corbyn set himself at a recent lecture on the media in Edinburgh.
6th September 2018 Ofgem’s energy price cap is a sticking plaster on a broken industry Anna Birley Policy Officer While £75 off bills is a welcome short-term fix, our energy industry desperately needs an overhaul. Democratic public ownership, where customers and workers have a say and a stake in where their energy comes from, is the only way to ensure a "fair" tariff.
6th September 2018 Our vision for a Labour & Co-operative North Warwickshire Councillor Adam Farrell Co-operation is going to be key to the next Labour Council in North Warwickshire. Leader of the Labour Group Adam Farrell blogs on his plans for 2019.
5th September 2018 The water industry is in desperate need of reform, but South West Water’s consumer share offer is too little too late Anna Birley Policy Officer While South West Water's consumer share offer looks good on paper, in practice it amounts to little more than a cheap gimmick. The broken water industry needs deeper reform which truly puts ownership back into the hands of customers and workers.
31st August 2018 The opposition shall not pass James Butler Campaigns Officer You wouldn’t normally expect the newest community-owned football club to feature on the sports pages of the major newspapers let alone make the headlines, but this week Clapton Community Football Club (Clapton CFC) has done exactly that.
7th August 2018 Co-operative Party tackling modern slavery from street stalls to council chambers Peter Weston Kettering branch's successful campaign on modern slavery
30th July 2018 Andy Burnham announces Co-operative Commission to ensure Manchester ‘the most co-operative’ region of UK Co-operative Party Labour & Co-operative Mayor announces the launch of a Greater Manchester Co-operative Commission to be delivered in partnership with the Co-operative Party.
19th July 2018 Durham Miners Gala: a celebration of the power of community and co-operation Janine Docherty Co-operative Party NEC member for the North East Co-operatives have played a huge role in the lives of mining communities, which is why for a second year we were proud to march at the Big Meeting with the Party's Centenary Banner
17th July 2018 How a Labour opposition persuaded a Conservative Council to embrace the Charter on Modern Slavery Sean Woodcock
5th July 2018 Traffickers still ‘acting with impunity’ James Butler Campaigns Officer Outgoing anti-slavery commissioner says government not doing enough to enforce modern slavery law or to support victims
3rd July 2018 Does size matter? Ben West Communications & Digital Officer On top of the advantages of the co-operative model itself, it's clear that a significantly larger co-operative sector can 'ripple out', helping to transform the economy as a whole.
3rd July 2018 Launch of Independent Report on Doubling the Size of the Co-operative Sector Co-operative Party New Economics Foundation (NEF) think tank launches its independent report on doubling the UK's co-operative sector, commissioned by the Co-operative Party
2nd July 2018 There’s a glimmer of hope for Londoners who no longer believe that affordable housing exists in their city Constantino Christou Chair on the Lambeth Community Land Trust (CLT) campaign It wasn’t until I discovered the growing national movement in community housing that I believed that it was possible to make a difference to London's housing crisis.
25th June 2018 Government plans to strengthen the Social Value Act Joe Fortune National Political and Policy Manager The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster speaks to the ‘Reform’ think tank about re-building trust in public procurement post-Carillion.
21st June 2018 Scots want to see governments intervene more robustly to encourage responsible tax palnning by business Richard McCready Political Officer
20th June 2018 Sprinklers to be made compulsory in new build social housing in Scotland after Co‑operative MSP campaign win David Stewart Labour & Co-operative MSP for Highlands and Islands Scottish Co-operative Party MSP David Stewart has achieved a major victory in his campaign to secure that sprinklers are included in all new build social housing.