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.
22nd December 2021 Cheers to Community Owned Whisky Rhoda Grant MSP MSP for Highlands and Islands Rhoda Grant MSP has tabled a motion in the Scottish Parliament welcoming the release of the first whisky produced in Dingwall in nearly one hundred years. GlenWyvis Distillery is a Community Benefit Society.
13th December 2021 Being ambitious for the co-operative movement’s contribution to our economy Preet Kaur Gill MP Chair of the Co-operative Party Parliamentary Group and Labour & Co-operative MP for Birmingham Edgbaston This week we will be debating the contribution of co-operatives to our economy and public life. The vast contribution our movement has made wouldn’t fit in a single article – our movement has shaped hundreds of thousands of communities and demonstrates day in, day out a better way to do business.
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.