8th December 2021 Scottish Budget: Act now to save our high streets Daniel Johnson MSP for Edinburgh Southern Ahead of the Scottish Budget on Thursday 9 December, Daniel Johnson MSP sets out the need for a level playing field on our high streets and for all organisations to pay their fair share.
26th November 2021 It is a national scandal that food poverty remains rife in a country as rich as Scotland Rhoda Grant MSP MSP for Highlands and Islands That is why I am launching a consultation on my bill to enshrine the Right to Food in Scots Law.
25th November 2021 The long awaited fan-led review into football does little to advance fan ownership in sport. Anna Birley There is some welcome measures in today's review. However we know community ownership provides the best protection from irresponsible owners, and no amount of tinkering around the edges will make up for the review’s silence on putting fans in charge.
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 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.